Elle Fanning Credit Followers for Her Effie Trinket Casting in Hunger Games

Elle Fanning mentioned Hunger Games followers are the rationale she was solid as Effie Trinket within the upcoming prequel movie.

During a current interview with MTV, the actress chatted about her casting in Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping and taking the function over from Elizabeth Banks, who portrayed an older model of Effie within the franchise’s first 4 movies.

“It was funny because I think fans made this happen in a way,” Fanning mentioned. “The studio [Lionsgate] said they were getting kind of hounded online, like, ‘Elle needs to play Effie.’”

The A Complete Unknown star added that she’s particularly excited to play Effie as a result of she’s been “a huge fan” for a while.

“Effie has always been my favorite character,” she defined. “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. We’ve texted, and she sent me flowers and said, ‘May the odds be in your favor,’ so very special.”

Though Fanning confirmed they “haven’t started filming” Sunrise on the Reaping simply but, she famous that they’re already eager about her model of the character and can “hopefully make the fans happy.”

In the prequel movie, Effie serves because the stylist for Haymitch Abernathy (who will probably be performed by Joseph Zada) within the preparation for the fiftieth Hunger Games. Other castmembers embody Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Glenn Close, Billy Porter, Iris Apatow, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke and Lili Taylor, amongst others.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erin Westerman beforehand mentioned there was “only one answer” relating to who might play the long-lasting Effie in Sunrise on the Reaping, and that was Fanning.

“From the moment Suzanne released the book, one question echoed from fans around the world: Who will play Effie?” Westerman mentioned. “Elizabeth Banks made her iconic — so who could honor that legacy while bringing us back to Effie’s early, most formative days? For us, there was only one answer. Elle Fanning’s career has been transcendent. She has a rare presence — warm, sparkling and layered with extraordinary depth. She was the undeniable fan favorite from the start, and we’re honored she answered the call. The odds, it turns out, were in our favor.”

Sunrise on the Reaping is about to hit theaters on Nov. 20, 2026.