There’s a new Hunger Games tribute in town with Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has the star of West Side Story and Shazam! Fury of the Gods entering the world of Panem as District 12’s songstress of a female tribute. The role is a full-circle moment for Zegler considering she can recall sitting in theaters as a fan of the novels watching Jennifer Lawrence debut her four-film-spanning role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
Zegler was 10 years old when The Hunger Games hit theaters in the spring of 2012. Here’s what she recalled about her first experience seeing Suzanne Collins’ dystopian world be realized on the big screen:
