section_path: Career/2022–present: Franchise films and Broadway debut
section_name: 2022–present: Franchise films and Broadway debut
paragraph_text: 2022–present: Franchise films and Broadway debut
  
  Zegler starred as Anthea in the superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). The film received mixed reviews. She played protagonist Lucy Gray Baird in the 2023 film adaptation of the Hunger Games prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The film received mixed to positive reception. David Ehrlich of IndieWire praised Zegler, writing, " is absolutely captivating in a Wild Rose -coded performance that's equal part Southern pluck and wide-eyed terror... it is a marvel of multiplex acting". Ehrlich also noted the nuances of her performance, adding "Zegler knows how to play nuance big enough for the back of the room to read it all over her face".
  
  In October 2023, Zegler announced her exit from Paddington in Peru, attributing her departure to the SAG strike. Actress Carla Tous replaced Zegler in the role of Gina Cabot. She played Laura in Kyle Mooney 's directorial debut film Y2K, produced by A24, which debuted at the South by Southwest Festival in 2024 and was released on December 6 that year to mixed reception.
  
  Zegler made her Broadway debut playing Juliet in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Sam Gold with music by Jack Antonoff. Performances ran from September 26, 2024, to February 16, 2025. She voiced the lead character in the animated musical film Spellbound, directed by Vicky Jenson, which premiered on Netflix. She then played the titular character in Snow White (2025), a live-action adaptation of the 1937 animated Disney film. Zegler next made her West End debut playing Eva Perón in a revival of Evita during summer 2025 at the London Palladium. The show was directed by Jamie Lloyd. She is also set to star alongside Marisa Tomei in the comedy drama She Gets It from Me.
  
  Zegler starred as Anthea in the superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). The film received mixed reviews. She played protagonist Lucy Gray Baird in the 2023 film adaptation of the Hunger Games prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The film received mixed to positive reception. David Ehrlich of IndieWire praised Zegler, writing, " is absolutely captivating in a Wild Rose -coded performance that's equal part Southern pluck and wide-eyed terror... it is a marvel of multiplex acting". Ehrlich also noted the nuances of her performance, adding "Zegler knows how to play nuance big enough for the back of the room to read it all over her face".
  
  In October 2023, Zegler announced her exit from Paddington in Peru, attributing her departure to the SAG strike. Actress Carla Tous replaced Zegler in the role of Gina Cabot. She played Laura in Kyle Mooney 's directorial debut film Y2K, produced by A24, which debuted at the South by Southwest Festival in 2024 and was released on December 6 that year to mixed reception.
  
  Zegler made her Broadway debut playing Juliet in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Sam Gold with music by Jack Antonoff. Performances ran from September 26, 2024, to February 16, 2025. She voiced the lead character in the animated musical film Spellbound, directed by Vicky Jenson, which premiered on Netflix. She then played the titular character in Snow White (2025), a live-action adaptation of the 1937 animated Disney film. Zegler next made her West End debut playing Eva Perón in a revival of Evita during summer 2025 at the London Palladium. The show was directed by Jamie Lloyd. She is also set to star alongside Marisa Tomei in the comedy drama She Gets It from Me.