‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’ trailer sees Rachel Zegler pay tribute to Jennifer Lawrence

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes has been released – you can watch it above.Based on the prequel book of the same name by The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins, the upcoming film follows the younger years of Donald Sutherland’s future villain President Snow (here played by Tom Blyth) as he crosses paths with Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from District 12.The trailer provides a first look at the two characters, as well as the inception of the Hunger Games, decades before the arrival of Jennifer Lawrence‘s Katniss Everdeen.Following the trailer’s release, fans were quick to note that Zegler does the exact same sarcastic curtsey that Lawrence’s character did in the original film.

Zegler has since revealed on social media that she ad-libbed this moment.this was an ad-lib :’) https://t.co/GWLYVFacwc— rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) April 27, 2023The trailer also teases Zegler – who is known for work in musicals such as West Side Story – performing some songs on stage.The film also stars Viola Davis as head game maker Volumnia Gaul and Peter Dinklage as Casa Highbottom, Dean of the Academy.“As a mentor,” Highbottom says, “Your job is to turn these people into spectacles, not survivors.”“With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12.