Josh Andrés Rivera Cast as Sejanus Plinth in 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'

Josh Andrés Rivera will be returning to work with his West Side Story costar and real-life girlfriend Rachel Zegler (Lucy Gray Baird) as fan favorite Sejanus Plinth in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. 

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the prequel novel by Suzanne Collins, takes place within the Hunger Games universe, set roughly 64 years before the first book in the original trilogy during the 10th Hunger Games. Sejanus is one of Coriolanus Snow’s classmates, close friends (?), and a reluctant mentor along side him in the Games. Sejanus isn’t Capitol-born. His father, a domineering munitions magnate from District Two, bought his way into Capitol high society. Sejanus feels like an outsider, both at home and in the Capitol. 

‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ hits theaters November 17, 2023.