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 ).

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,

Elizabeth Banks has congratulated Elle Fanning on being cast as her character Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games prequel. Fanning joins Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee,