In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes film, a line is added which reveals that Crassus Snow, Coriolanus’s father, was killed by rebels in the woods of District 12. This adds a whole new layer of depth to Snow chasing Lucy Gray through the woods in the film and the book’s climax. Specifically it makes Snow’s fear and delusions that much more complex. Not only is he deluding himself into thinking that Lucy Gray has it out for him, but he also has this added fear of not wanting to have the same fate as his father: killed by a rebel in the woods of District 12, a place that is “beneath” him in every sense of the word.
And this is a recurrent theme in both the film and the book: this struggle between becoming like his mother or his father—between that which represents good and that which represents bad.
He convinces himself that Lucy Gray must be trying to kill him and that she is a loose end that has to be taken care of. He feels completely out of control, something which he absolutely despises. This fear and powerlessness, sends him spiraling even further. He will do everything to ensure that he ends up on top and will not suffer the same fate as his father. Yet in doing the former, he essentially ensures the latter. There was some truth in the statement that Snow killed the old version of himself, however it wasn’t until his chasing of Lucy Gray through the woods that this became cemented. Coryo died that day in the woods and re-emerged Coriolanus: the spitting image of his father.
(However, it’s important to note that Snow wasn’t destined to become like his father. He had every opportunity to do and choose otherwise, and yet he didn’t)
