Rachel Zegler is spilling the details about her first day on the set of West Side Story with director Steven Spielberg!
10.11.2023 - 16:17 / justjared.com
Rachel Zegler opened up about the various connections she shares with Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence.
The 22-year-old’s most obvious connection to Jennifer is that she is starring in the Hunger Games prequel movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The latter famously played Katniss in the original movies.
However, she revealed another way that the two are bonded in an interview. She also reflected on running into Jennifer at a recent event.
Read more to see what Jennifer Lawrence had to say…
Speaking to People, Rachel explained that the connection had to do with Jennifer‘s movie No Hard Feelings.
“One of my good friends is Andrew Barth Feldman, who she just did No Hard Feelings with,” she explained.
Both Rachel and Jennifer have also worked with Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence, who Rachel said is “obsessed” with Jennifer.
In regards to meeting Jennifer at a Paris Fashion Week event, Rachel said it went very well.
“I had already filmed it when I had met her and we really just were able to bond over the fact that we know so many of the same people,” she recalled. Rachel emphasized that she was glad that the meeting happened filming.
She explained that it “relieved the pressure and made us feel like we were able to do our own thing.” That doesn’t mean that she isn’t open to tips from Jennifer, of course!
Did you see how Rachel paid tribute to Jennifer on the red carpet at a recent Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes premiere? There will be a similar reference to the actress’ character in the actual movie.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes hits theaters on November 17th! Press play on the trailer below.
Rachel Zegler is spilling the details about her first day on the set of West Side Story with director Steven Spielberg!
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Rachel Zegler is the new face of the “Hunger Games” franchise thanks to her role as Lucy Gray Baird in the new prequel movie, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.” During a recent visit to “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Zegler recalled what it was like meeting Jennifer Lawrence for the first time. Lawrence headlined the original four “Hunger Games” films as Katniss Everdeen, a role that turned the Oscar winner into a global superstar. “We were at Paris Fashion Week for the Dior show only a couple weeks ago,” Zegler said about her first encounter with Lawrence.
Can you believe it has been over a decade since The Hunger Games was initially released in theaters, and can you imagine a world where Jennifer Lawrence did not star as Katniss Everdeen!?
The cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is hitting the red carpet in the Big Apple!
“Hunger Games” star Jena Malone revealed Monday that she and Jennifer Lawrence were forced to film a scene for the film’s sequel, “Catching Fire,” separately due to Lawrence, 33, feeling under the weather. “The scenes that are fun are never fun to do — Jen was sick that day, so I ended up doing it without Jen, and so there wasn’t a lot of people in the elevator,” Malone, 38, told Variety during the premiere of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.” “So I think we were just winging it and trying to get as much as we could get, because it was [shot] in a real hotel,” the “Donnie Darko” actress added.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes might be dressed up like a prequel in its early roots story of villain-to-be Coriolanus Snow, and some might think that Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird is just an early days Katniss from District 12.
Ellise Shafer As evidenced in its title, music plays a big part in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” In the prequel to the original trilogy, “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler portrays Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12 for the 10th annual Hunger Games, who hails from a musical and nomadic people called the Covey. The film features Zegler singing several songs, including franchise favorite “The Hanging Tree.” Much of the music is folk-inspired, and Zegler sang each track live during filming.
Jennifer Lawrence made her return earlier this year with Netflix film No Hard Feelings, and has a host of new projects upcoming.Directed by Gene Stupnitsky (Jury Duty), the raunchy comedy follows 32-year-old Uber driver Maddie (Lawrence) who answers an advert to date a shy 19-year-old called Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) in order to boost his confidence before college.Upon its release, the age gap between Lawrence and Feldman’s characters was criticised by some, but the movie went on to top the Netflix film charts for 2023.A synopsis for the film reads: “On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to ‘date’ their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college.“To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.”Following the release of the film, we’ve compiled every future project Lawrence is attached to, and what is coming next for the actor.Following the release of No Hard Feelings, Lawrence has multiple upcoming projects with her name attached.First is Burial Rites, the new film from director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) which was announced in 2017. Lawrence is set to star in the true story drama based on the novel by Hannah Kent.
seems to be going the theme-dressing route for promoting Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Remember the glamorous black dresses worn by Zoë Kravitz, who channeled Catwoman for during red carpets for screenings of Batman? Or, more recently, , transforming herself into a life-size Barbie at various screenings around the world?For the European premiere of Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Rachel paid tribute—get it?—to the franchise's original heroine, Katniss Everdeen, .Rachel Zegler on the red carpet of Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird on November 5, 2023 in Berlin.The dress is a reference to the famous, fiery look worn by Lawrence's character in Catching Fire, the second film in the franchise.
Rachel Zegler dons a fiery dress at the premiere of her new movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes held at Zoo Palast on Sunday (November 5) in Berlin, Germany.
Katniss Everdeen, it’s unlikely that she would ever appear in future films.Producer Nina Jacobson revealed that any further appearances by Lawrence, 33, is up to “Hunger Games” book series author Suzanne Collins.“If Suzanne has something to say, then she’ll write a book about it,” Jacobson, 58, told Yahoo! Entertainment recently.“Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete,” she went on. “And I think that Suzanne feels that her story is complete.”Jacobson added: “But if that changes, and Suzanne has something she wants to say, and it involves Katniss, then I would be thrilled.”“But really, any chance to be back in this world, and lead with [director Francis Lawrence] and Suzanne, I would take regardless of who it was about,” she noted.Lawrence, 52, who helmed every single “HG” installment including the most recent one, echoed the producer’s sentiments, saying: “If for whatever reason she had some thematic idea that made sense to tell another Katniss story, I’d be in, and then I’m sure Jen would be in.”“But it really all comes from theme and idea, and Suzanne,” he said.Jennifer has been enthusiastic about a possible Katniss return in the past.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jennifer Lawrence told Variety in June during her “No Hard Feelings” press tour that she is “totally” open to reprising her “Hunger Games” role of Katniss Everdeen should the right opportunity arise. She added at the time, “If Katniss ever could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.” But franchise producer Nina Jacobson and director Francis Lawrence aren’t counting on it.
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