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But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.

"Jennifer Lawrence talks 'X-Men,' fame and 'Hunger Games'". Interview with Jen Chaney, www.washingtonpost.com. May 29, 2011.
But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.