Why Elizabeth Banks Is 'Excited' to See Young Effie In Hunger Games Prequel Film (Exclusive)
Banks says that “within the more and more fascist world we’re residing in,” her character Effie Trinket is “extra related than ever” — as Lionsgate continues to announce casting for the Haymitch prequel movie, Dawn on the Reaping.
Could the chances be ever within the favor of whoever fills Effie Trinket’s Alexander McQueen heels subsequent.
With manufacturing rolling full steam forward on the movie adaptation Dawn on the Reaping — which tells the story of a teen Haymitch Abernathy’s trials and tribulations through the fiftieth Hunger Games — it is solely a matter of time till followers know who will play a youthful model of one other acquainted character, the aforementioned Effie.
We can’t give an excessive amount of away right here, aside from to say Trinket and Abernathy crossed paths a long time earlier than Katniss Everdeen ever entered the image.
Thus far, a lot of elements have been forged for the movie — and whereas Elle Fanning was a rumored front-runner to take over the position made well-known by Elizabeth Banks, the stylist’s casting stays unconfirmed. Regardless of who takes it on, nonetheless, Banks tells TooFab she will be able to’t wait to see extra Effie on the large display.
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“I am so excited. I am excited that Effie is getting the due,” Banks informed TooFab throughout an interview for her new Prime Video thriller, The Higher Sister, alongside Jessica Biel.
“She was really a reasonably small a part of these books. And other people overlook that, as a result of I actually wore the hell out of these garments and introduced quite a bit to the position,” Banks continued. “However when you concentrate on what was really, what Suzanne Collins wrote of Effie, she simply was type of like, she simply was the consultant of the Capitol and the oppression.”
“However within the more and more fascist world we’re residing in, she’s extra related than ever,” added the actress. “So I feel her story might be fascinating.”
Forged within the movie up to now are Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan, and Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow.
Set to movie this summer time, The Hunger Games: Dawn on the Reaping will hit theaters November 20, 2026.
The Higher Sister premieres Could 29 on Prime Video.
