I’m Obsessed With The Pic Of Rachel Zegler And A Rubber Chicken On ‘The Hunger Games’ Set
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is almost here, and I could not be MORE excited. It’s a film based on Suzanne Collins’ prequel to The Hunger Games, starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Peter Dinklage, Josh Andrés Rivera and Viola Davis.
Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, the cast has been busy promoting the film, but there’s been an extremely strange photo that emerged from the set.
The photo in question has Rachel Zegler – as the main character Lucy Gray Baird – singing a duet with a dirty rubber chicken. Did I mention the chicken is wearing tiny overalls?!
need an explanation of what is going on here…. why is there a chicken ????? pic.twitter.com/tlWt73hxMC
— dylan (@sp1derg1rl) November 13, 2023
Fans have gone wild trying to figure out why on earth a rubber chicken on a pole was spotted singing with Rachel, who is in full costume and makeup.
Is the film actually The Ballad of Songbirds & Chickens? Is this rubber chicken the real star of the film? What’s the chicken’s name, and does Lucy Gray Baird fall in love with it?
Here are the best reactions to the candid shots of Rachel Zegler and her rubber chicken pal.
*frantically dialing my phone* hello? yeah… get me the head of the studio. I think i found your next james bond *holds phone toward rubber chicken*
— Im @leftatlondon on other websites too (HINT HINT) (@LeftAtLondon) November 13, 2023
This was actually the original actor they got for Coryo before reshoots. They had to recast him though, apparently he was very cocky pic.twitter.com/TfTjgkKLGd
— solgayzr (@solgayzr) November 13, 2023
you don’t remember lucy gray’s chicken sidekick named bockers??? he was essential to the story… fake fan
— aliween ? (@theclonewhores) November 13, 2023
The chicken outsold Lucy Gray I fear https://t.co/sz78wbRwyF
— Y (@trulyzegler) November 13, 2023
The show’s not over until the chicken sings ?+??
— GERALD ? (@GeraldineS82128) November 13, 2023
Get ready to see this passed around captioned as a live action Moana leak
— Funny Happy Studios (YT) (@FunnyHappyStud1) November 14, 2023
give us a couple more photos and we’ll make him fancams
— frankie (@zeglian) November 13, 2023
Duet of the century actually https://t.co/h9CRhttjmZ
— lindsey (@songbirdzegler) November 13, 2023
Why was Rachel Zegler posing with a rubber chicken on the set of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes?
Turns out that this little rubber chicken isn’t making a debut on the big screen, and there’s a reason it was dressed up in tiny overalls. Apparently, the props department has a fun tradition where they take photos with the rubber chicken on every film they work on.
Rachel shared two more photos of herself with the rubber chicken on X and told fans: “Our props team have the actors/directors of every film they work on post for a photo with this rubber chicken (which they dress in theme of the film in question) – of course I said yes! Anything for our crew!”
our props team have the actors / directors of every film they work on pose for a photo with this rubber chicken (which they dress in theme of the film in question) — of course i said yes! anything for our crew! ? https://t.co/AreN3NnXzI
— rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) November 13, 2023
Can someone get Rachel an audition for the next Muppet movie?
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes comes out in cinemas on Thursday, November 16.
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Image credits: X/@rachelzegler, @sp1derg1rl, Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes