Rachel Zegler pays homage to Katniss Everdeen's fire dress at Hunger Games prequel premiere | Photo

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is all set to premiere on November 17. The film’s Berlin premiere took place Sunday night and was attended by the cast of the movie including the lead actress Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Tom Blyth, and more. 

Rachel arrived on the red carpet dressed in a black-and-red gown, which was a homage to Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), the protagonist of the first four films in the series. The dress was a reference to her “Girl on Fire” scene. 

Rachel Zegler channels Katniss Everdeen at the film premiere 

Rachel attended the premiere event of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes dressed in a black mermaid gown, the bottom of which featured red detailing that looked similar to flames.

There are references to the first two films in the teaser and Rachel's attire, even though The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set 64 years before Katniss competes in the Hunger Games. 

The well-known moment which was referred to by Rachel in her dress, featured Katniss wearing a shimmering white dress that burst into flames as she spun around and spoke to Hunger Games host Caesar Flickerman prior to the fatal competition.

The Hunger Games prequel gets a SAG-AFTRA waiver 

Before it opened in theaters on November 17, the eagerly anticipated movie reportedly got a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement, allowing the actors and crew to start promoting it ahead of schedule. The film centers on a young Coriolanus Snow who lives as an orphan in a tiny apartment with his grandmother and cousin Tigris, 64 years before the events of the first Hunger Games film.

Dean Casca Highbottom is played by Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage. Hunter Schafer will be seen as a young Tigris Snow. Josh Andrés Rivera, who also happens to be Rachel Zegler's off-screen boyfriend, plays Sejanus Plinth, another mentor in the Games.