Earlier this year, Elizabeth Banks revealed that she had imagined Effie Trinket as possibly gay.
Speaking to The Advocate, she said: “Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games might be gay. I see the Capitol as pansexual, much like ancient Rome, where everyone is involved with everyone.”
“I think Suzanne Collins created Effie as a nurturing, maternal figure in her own way, so she is probably a woman. But I certainly saw plenty of drag Effies in West Hollywood last Halloween.”
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens in the UK on 21 November and in the US on 22 November.
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A star-studded group: Elizabeth Banks joins Jena Malone, Willow Shields, Jennifer Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson
A bold fashion choice: Jennifer Lawrence wore an unusual backless Christian Dior gown decorated with Smarties-style embellishments
Dressed in red: Jena Malone stepped out in a sheer Monique Lhuillier dress featuring a fringed hemline
The full cast gathers inside the Odeon ahead of the film’s premiere