“Elle Fanning Said Hunger Games Fans Are The Reason She Was Cast As Effie Trinket in the Upcoming Prequel Film. Durying A Recent Interview with Mtv, The Actress Catted About Her Casting in Hunger Games: Sunrise On the Reaping and Taking the ROLE Over From Elizabeth Banks, Who Portray.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Durying A Recent Interview with Mtv, The Actress Chatted About Her Casting In Hunger Games: Sunrise On the Reaping And the Taking the Role Over from Elizabeth Banks, Who Portrayed An Older Version of Effie in the Franchise’s First Four Films.
“IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE I THINK FANS MADE THIS HAPPEN IN A WAY,“ FANNING SAID. “The Studio [Lionsgate] said they getting Kind of Hounded Online, Like, ‘Elle Needs to Play Effie.’ ‘
The A Complete Unknown Star Aded that she’s especialy excited to Play Effie Because she’s been “a huge fan” for some time.
“Effie have always been my favorite Character,“ She Explained. “I THINK Elizabeth Banks Brought So Much – Just Even Beyond Those Books – Layers to That Character. I Love Her, And I Have Got to Talk to Elizabeth. ODDS be in your favor, ‘SO VERY SPECIAL. ”
Though Fanning ConfirMed they “HAVEN’T STARTED FILMING” Sunrise On the Reaping Just Yet, She Noted that’re Already Thinking About Her Version of the Character and Will “Hopeful Make the Fans Happy.”
In the prequel Film, Effie Serves as the style for haymitch abernathy (who will be played by Joseph Zada) in the Preparation for the 50th Hunger Games. Other Castmembers Include Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, Whitney Peak, McKenna Grace, Glenn Close, Billy Porter, Iris Apatow, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison JR Among Others.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-President Erin Westerman Previously Said there was “Only One Answer” Regarding Who Could Play The Iconic Effie in Sunrise On the Reapingand that was fanning.
“From the moment suzanne released the book, one quest echoed from fung fans around the World: Who Will Play Effie?” Westerman Said. “Elizabeth Banks Made Her Iconic – SO WHO HONOR HONOR THAT Legacy while Bringing US Back to Effie’s Early, MOST FORMATIVE DAYS? FOR US, THERE WASS. She have a rare Presence – Warm, Sparkling and Layered with Extraordinary DEPTH.
Sunrise On the Reaping is set to hit theaters on nov. 20, 2026.