The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes star Rachel Zegler explains how the similarities between her character Lucy Gray and Katniss Everdeen enhance the original movies. The new prequel is set in the early years of the Hunger Games, diving straight into the 10th annual reaping. The story revolves around President Coriolanus Snow, though in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes he is an 18-year-old played by Tom Blyth. Zegler is Lucy Gray Baird, District 12’s tribute and the series’ new female lead.
