APRIL 30: Elizabeth Banks on Effie

Elizabeth Banks was recently featured in The Hollywood Reporter's May 6 issue. She talked about recent projects and much more, but she couldn't help but talk about our girl in color, EFFIE TRINKET.

Eight years later, when [Banks] heard Ross would be directing the first Hunger Games film, she wrote to him again. “She wrote, ‘I really want to play Effie — I really think I can do this,’ ” he remembers. At that point, the director was uncertain about whom he wanted to hire, but he invited Banks to a meeting. After 20 minutes of polite conversation, Banks all but intimidated Ross into giving her the role. “She gave me this look, like, ‘Dude, are we going to dance here or are you giving me this part?’

She also was in a video for The Hollywood Reporter, which can be found below.



You can find the full article HERE.