This film is also based on a book by Susan Collins and is about Panem’s tyrannical president Coriolanus Snow as an 18-year-old. Snow, played in the previous “Hunger Games” movies by Donald Sutherland, is made here by Tom Blyth.
Rachel Zegler got her big break as Maria Vasquez in Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West side story” – a role for which she won a Golden Globe stayett.
And even in this film she gets to sing. At a crucial moment during the harvest ceremony, Lucy Gray Baird sings a tribute from the poor District 12.
Hundreds of actors were tested according to the production company Lionsgate in search of the perfect Lucy Gray.
– The search ended when Rachel Zegler “blew off the roof” with her depth and her broad talent as an actress, singer and artist. Her voice and charisma own the stage while her inner strength and humanity enchant those around her, says producer Nina Jacobson in a statement.
“Hunger games: The ballad about songbirds and snakes” will have its cinema premiere in November next year. The four previous “Hunger games” films have raised around SEK 30 billion worldwide.