Banks says that “within the more and more fascist world we’re dwelling 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.
Might 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 throughout the fiftieth Starvation Video 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, apart from to say Trinket and Abernathy crossed paths many years earlier than Katniss Everdeen ever entered the image.
Thus far, a variety of components have been solid for the movie — and whereas Elle Fanning was a rumored front-runner to take over the position made well-known by Elizabeth Banksthe stylist’s casting stays unconfirmed. Irrespective of who takes it on, nevertheless, Banks tells TooFab she will’t wait to see extra Effie on the massive display.
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“I am so excited. I am excited that Effie is getting the due,” Banks instructed 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 neglect that, as a result of I actually wore the hell out of these garments and introduced lots to the position,” Banks continued. “However when you consider 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 dwelling in, she’s extra related than ever,” added the actress. “So I feel her story shall be fascinating.”
Solid within the movie to date 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 season, The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping will hit theaters November 20, 2026.
The Higher Sister premieres Might 29 on Prime Video.
