Mckenna Grace and her Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping co-stars have been on a worldwide press tour promoting the prequel to Suzanne Collins’ franchise.
During most of Grace’s appearances, she has paid tribute to Jennifer Lawrence and The Hunger Games past by channeling some of their outfits.
Grace kicked off the press tour in the white dress Lawrence wore in Catching Fire and shared her feelings about it in a social media post.
“I’m SUCH a massive fan of this franchise, so the opportunity to recreate something like this was so special,” Grace shared on Instagram. “A huge thank you to the entire team that helped me get ready, and especially @mollyddickson who’s been helping me bring all my fangirl dreams to life for this press tour for months now hahah. I wanted to pay homage to Katniss, and this dress is so iconic, although the meaning of the look is not lost on me.”
She continued, “What makes Katniss’s wedding dress so powerful to me is that it begins as a costume meant to turn her into a spectacle but she and Cinna turn it into something so powerful. It made me think of Maysilee’s refusal to let the Capitol strip away her humanity, ‘If you let them treat you like an animal, they will.’ One of the things I love most about The Hunger Games is the characters’ determination to hold onto who they are even when others are trying to define them. It’s truly incredible just how much deep meaning and storytelling is told through these costumes alone, it was such an incredible night getting to celebrate the wardrobe of these films. I’m still pinching myself.”
Grace also paid homage to Rachel Zegler from The Hunger Games prequel Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Amandla Stenberg’s Rue from the very first Hunger Games film, and Jena Malone from when she attended a screening for Catching Fire in 2013.
Scroll through the photo gallery below to see all the times McKenna Grace paid tribute to The Hunger Games past.
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