The A Complete Unknown actress, 27, is the latest star to join the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel to the original films that starred Banks as the lovable escort to District 12's Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark ( Josh Hutcherson ).

Elizabeth Banks reacted to Ellie Fanning taking over her Effie Trinket role for the upcoming prequel series, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.Effie Trinket was the loveable escort

Apparently, fans are not the only ones praising the "perfect" casting of Elle Fanning as a younger Effie Trinket in the upcoming adaptation of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. While speaking with PEOPLE,