A Song of Birds and Snakes: Why did Rachel Zegler almost give up the role?

Protagonist of The Hunger Games: Song of Birds and Snakess (2023), Rachel Zegler He was almost left out of the film. Initially, the actress had to turn down the role of Lucy Gray Bair, as she detailed in an interview with The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Zegler revealed that he had just moved to London and wanted to find stability with his family, when the director Francis Lawrence offered him the opportunity. If he accepted, he would need to leave to record in Germany and Poland. The idea didn’t sit well with him.

I had just moved to London when I met Francis for the first time. And he really wanted me to play this role and it was an honor, because I was a big fan of the book and the character. […] [Após o convite] I turned white and knew immediately that I couldn’t do it.”

Zegler continues: “and I kind of got a second wind working there, made a lot of friends and felt like I could do this. I felt confident in my ability to move forward for the next six months without my family. And I’m very happy I did it.”

More about The Hunger Games: A Song of Birds and Snakes

Based on the work of Suzanne Collinsthe film takes place 64 years before the President Snow be the president of Panem and face Kat niss ever deen (Jennifer Lawrence). Tom Blyth inherits the role of Snow in Donald Sutherlandwho played him in the main saga features.

Heir to a traditional family that is going through difficult times in the post-war period, at the age of 18 the young man Corionalius (Tom Blyth) sees a chance to reclaim his own family’s glory with the 10th annual Hunger Games: mentor Lucy Gray-Bird (Rachel Zegler), tribute from the miserable District 12.

In addition to Tom Blyth It is Rachel Zeglerthe film’s cast also includes Peter Dinklage (game of Thrones), Viola Davis (The Suicide Squad), Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), Josh Andrés Rivera (Love sublime love) It is Hunter Schafer (Euphoria).

The Hunger Games: Song of Birds and Snakes is directed by Francis Lawrencewho directed three of the four films of Hunger Gamesand with a script Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) It is Michael Lesslie (Assassin’s Creed).