Glenn Close, Billy Porter join new Hunger Games prequel
Los Angeles, US – Hollywood veterans Glenn Close and Billy Porter have been cast in Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping , the latest film in the popular dystopian franchise.
Close will play Drusilla Sickle, the ruthless escort for District 12's Tributes, while Porter takes on the role of Magno Stift, her estranged husband and the designer responsible for the Tributes' striking looks.
The prequel, based on Suzanne Collins' novel, is set nearly 25 years before the original saga. It follows the events leading up to the 50th Hunger Games — the infamous Second Quarter Quell — which saw Haymitch Abernathy, later mentor to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, fight for survival in the arena.
The cast also features Joseph Zada as a young Haymitch, along with Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning and Kieran Culkin.
Producer Nina Jacobson described Close as 'a dream Drusilla', adding that she brings 'intellect and imagination' to every character. On Porter, she said, 'Billy can dazzle and devastate in equal measure, both on stage and screen.'
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