Lucy Gray, a skilled singer, uses her talents to her advantage, and she and Coriolanus form an unlikely connection while collaborating on her survival strategy.
“Hanging Tree” is just one of several songsWest Side Storyalum Zegler sings in the new installment.
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The cast also includesViola Davis,Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman and Josh Andrés Rivera.
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesis adapted from author Suzanne Collins’s 2020 novel of the same name. Francis Lawrence, who directed each of the franchise’s previous films minus the 2012 original, returns to direct the prequel.
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The director recently toldEmpiremagazine that the character of Lucy Gray is the “anti-Katniss” in many ways.
“Katniss was an introvert and a survivor. She was quite quiet and stoic, you could almost say [she was] asexual,” he said. “Lucy Gray is the opposite.She wears her sexuality on her sleeve, [and] she really is a performer.”
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