
Not that Katniss will be happy to be a Capitol poster-girl for long…ĭirected by Francis Lawrence and co-starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Donald Sutherland, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will open in the UK on 22 November 2013. With Katniss and Peeta now a media sensation, the way their story is spun becomes of paramount importance to the powers that be - hence the first set of posters featuring our heroes on their “victory tour”. The shot looks as though its come straight out of a propaganda piece from the Capitol, the politics of which will come further to the fore over the forthcoming films. The new image shows that the character’s wardrobe is every bit as outlandish as it was in the first film, with Banks looking increasingly like a decorative toilet-roll holder. Plus, a new portrait for Stanley Tucci's Caesar Flickerman has been revealed via Digital Spy (opens in new tab). It is her duty to perform the annual reaping, where she chooses which two District 12 teenagers will become Hunger Games tributes. She is the escort of the District 12 tributes, including Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 releases in Australian cinemas on November 20 Get the latest news from in your inbox.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has released a new character portrait featuring Elizabeth Banks as the flamboyantly dressed Effie Trinket. Effie Trinket is a supporting character in The Hunger Games books and movies. It's sort of like we're all in it together." "I feel very proud of Katniss and Peeta and Jen (Lawrence) and Josh (Hutcherson). "There's a lot of outrageousness going on on set in terms of hair and costumes, the way I have to speak, the circumstances we're all under. "It's really easy to be in that world when you have such great acting partners," Banks said of the dystopia of Panem. Katniss, of course, will still be caught between her love interests Peeta and Gale (Liam Hemsworth).īut any tension between the cast stays on the screen. Effie Trinket was a recurring figure throughout The Hunger Games series, but her fate never got the attention it deserved. Lawrence, who also directed 2013's Catching Fire, has previously said Julianne Moore's role as rebel president Alma Coin will also be expanded.
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"She still brings her sheekness to that world though, I think people are going to have a lot of fun watching Effie figure out how to make ends meet in District 13." "District 13 is a very severe place - they don't even have coffee, let alone what Effie is used to in the capital. Who is playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games movie.

But at the end, she shows up to help Katniss prepare to kill Snow. "She'll be a fish out of water because she's never spent any time out of the Capital," Banks said. At the beginning of the book, it is thought that Effie Trinket was killed. The film's poster shows a markedly toned-down Effie, her usual outrageously bright garb replaced with District 13 greys. "So I really have been able to play with her." "Francis Lawrence is amazing, and I had a lot of latitude in creating Effie, because there isn't as much in the book as there is for the other characters," Banks told AAP on Thursday.
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Effie brings such warmth and fun and levity to these dark stories."Īnd the 40-year-old actress, producer and director said the absence of any restrictions a book might dictate left her more free than the rest of the cast to be inventive.

"When Suzanne Collins saw Catching Fire, she called and one of the first things she said was, 'There's no way Effie Trinket cannot be in the Mockingjay films'.

But how can anybody replace Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket in these movies?" director Lawrence said on the Hunger Games website.

Biography File:Effie11.jpg Effie Effie worked as an escort for District 12 tributes, particularly to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games trilogy. She will be portrayed b Effie Trinket y Elizabeth Banks in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games. "In the book, Fulvia basically replaces her. Effie Trinket is the escort of the District 12 tributes. But director Francis Lawrence confirmed that his version will see her join Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and the other rebels in District 13.
