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West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler Joins The Cast Of The Cravings Games Prequel Movie

West Side Story star Rachel Zegler is set to star in Lionsgate’s upcoming Cravings Games prequel in the essential function of Lucy Gray Baird.

 

With the current expose that Lionsgate is dealing with adjusting Suzanne Collins’ Cravings Games prequel book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes into a big-screen function, fans are anxiously waiting for more news about what they can anticipate in the upcoming movie. Now it’s simply been exposed that West Side Story starlet Rachel Zegler has actually been cast in a lead function.

The story of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set to follow a young Snow, years prior to he would be designated as the president of Panem. With the 10th yearly Cravings games looming, Snow is designated to be a coach for Lucy Gray Baird, a female homage from District 12. Nevertheless, Lucy Gray shows resistance after singing throughout the gaining event, triggering all the District’s eyes to now be on her. However together Snow and Lucy race versus time and vie to make it through.

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Zegler is set to star in the function of Lucy Gray Baird along with star Tom Blyth, who was just recently revealed to be representing young Coriolanus Snow, a character formerly represented by star Donald Sutherland in the initial Cravings Games trilogy. The most current draft of the adjustment has actually been written by Michael Lesslie, which is set to construct on the work of the initial book, and it’s being managed by Meredith Wieck and Scott O’Brien from Lionsgate. The movie is likewise set to be directed by Francis Lawerence, who directed Igniting, Mockingjay Part One, and Mockingjay Sequel, which jointly earned over $3 billion at package office worldwide.

 

President of Lionsgate Movie Group Nathan Kathane gushed about connecting Zegler to the Cravings Games prequel. “When you read Suzanne’s book, Lucy Gray’s emotional intelligence, physical agility, and fiercely powerful, determined singing voice shine through,” Kathane stated. “Rachel embodies all of those abilities – she is the ideal option for our Lucy Gray.” He went on to include that, like the remainder of the world, he was presented to Zegler’s skills when he initially enjoyed the current West Side Story, including that “Lucy Gray is a perfect match for her as an actress: the character is bold, independent, and defiant, but also vulnerable, emotional, and loving. Rachel will make this character unforgettable.”

 

Zegler even shared her own interest about landing the function through Instagram, sharing a post that exposed the news and an image of her response when she received the call that she would be the one bringing the character of Lucy Gray Baird to life. Collins crafted the Cravings Games world to go back to theaters, and fans are expecting what’s to come and are thrilled to see what Zegler will give the table and the cinema

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