You dont know Coriolanus Snow.
“Ive never done anything this top secret in my life, and I was inFrozen!”
the Tony award-winningTootsiestar andCrazy Ex-Girlfriendalum tells EW.
It had nothing else but the book on it.
I had to keep the iPad in the safe and tell nobody."
“So I was able to get that from her virtually, but that was it.
Otherwise, it was like, ‘We’ll see you in the studio!'”
The book opens on the morning of the reaping, an event thatHunger Gamesfan know all too well.
But this time, we see the heartbreaking holiday through the eyes of a very different protagonist.
“Youll see the insanity that he goes through.
You think you know someone but there are a lot of surprises.
You’re going to understand a lot more of why he is the way he is.”
So how did he get the esteemed role of narrating the audiobook for the prequel?
And sinceFontana had previously narrated Stephen KingsThe Institute,he already had the necessary experience with recording audiobooks.
You canhear the first 11 minutes of the audiobook now with EW’s exclusive sneak peek here.
So put in your earbuds and let the Games begin all over again.
A version of this story appears in theJune 2020 issue ofEntertainment Weekly, which you canbuy here now.
