Hunger Games Prequel Gets a Promising Update From The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Star
Rachel Zegler shares her hopes on the continuation of Lucy Gray’s story.
Summary:
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the hyped Hunger Games prequel, featured an open ending, concerning the fate of the main heroine, Lucy Gray.
- Rachel Zegler, who portrayed Lucy, shared her optimism about the possibility of the sequel and expressed her belief Lucy Gray may still be alive.
- There are many fan theories trying to guess the presumable fate of this character.
Last year’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was the much-awaited sensation among the Hunger Games fans, which allowed them to dive into Panem one more time and to trace roots of the relentless nature of its leader, President Coriolanus Show.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, resulting in a rating of 64%, the prequel became quite a financial success and a starting point for lots of discussions on characters’ fate.
The finale of the movie features Snow (portrayed by Tom Blyth) and his former love interest, the Hunger Games District 12 tribute and musician Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), with whom they had already parted their ways, as Snow stepped on the path to becoming a tyrant in his rise to power, which the righteous heroine couldn’t stand. In the final scenes she is running away in the woods from Snow, who is trying to kill her.
It still remains unknown from both the movie and the book whether Lucy survives it or not. However, in a recent SXSW interview with Deadline Rachel Zegler expressed her genuine belief that her heroine can be alive, citing Olivia Rodrigo’s song Can’t Catch Me Now, playing during the movie’s credits: “She’s in the trees, she’s in the breeze”.
Besides, the actress shared that she knew nothing of the potential Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes sequel and its plot, but if so, she said “it would be so fun [for her] to go back,” remaining highly optimistic about continuing reprising the role of Lucy Gray.
There are many speculations about Lucy Gray's fate after the first Hunger Games prequel, including the assumption that she survived Snow’s pursuit and later joined the protest in District 13 or even became its strict leader, President Alma Coin, whose roots are still untraced. Besides, the origin of Panem’s resistance movement and its symbol, Mockingjay, presents a big topic for exploration and answering the remaining questions.
Fans’ opinions about the expansion of the Hunger Games franchise have been divided. Since it has been rumored Suzanne Collins is already writing the next Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes book, some users agree they would “read anything this woman writes about Panem”, while others complain it’s time to stop violating the franchise.
Nevertheless, now we don’t have neither book nor movie continuations, so we can only wait for updates, build other theories and rewatch the prequel on Prime Video.