Banks starred in the science fiction adventure film The Hunger Games (2012), playing Effie Trinket, a woman from "The Capitol" who escorts the District 12 tributes to the annual Hunger Games.
This interaction was so surprising to fans because it's not in the books at all. While, throughout the series, there's some chemistry between the two, nothing ever comes of the tension in Suzanne Collins' novels. Beyond the kiss, nothing happened between the two in the movies either.
Despite being a citizen of the Capitol, Effie served as a key ally to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. Her support for the pair went well beyond her job description before becoming involved in the Second Rebellion. The Capitol resident with a flamboyant sense of fashion served as the escort for District 12 tributes.
Effie Trinket is the escort for the District 12 tributes, acting as an advisor to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark while she accompanies them to the Capitol. By the end of Mockingjay, she is the only escort from the 74th and 75th Hunger Games alive after the Second Rebellion.
Trivia. She is apart of 2 of The 13 Patriarch Families of the Capitol, since she was the mother of Euphemia Trinket, (a part of the Trinket Family), and is the niece of P. Coremus Snow, the leader of the Snow Family starting from 50 ADD to 76 ADD.
Effie Trinket being the most fabulous character in the whole of Panem for over 10 minutes straight 💞
How are Haymitch and Effie different?
even then, both of them had very different ways of achieving their success. haymitch is all sarcasm and rough prodding whereas effie tries to be as sweet, and patient as possible. effie is from the capitol, she cares about fashion and food and decorations whereas haymitch....just wants his liquor.
Cato sees his victory in the Hunger Games as the correct and natural outcome – after all, he's been preparing his whole life, and tributes from Districts 1 and 2 are most likely to be winners. But Katniss's high score in training, uncommon for District 12 tributes, earns Cato's attention and ire.
Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinket, played by Woody Harrelson and Elizabeth Banks were two such characters. With scene-stealing performances, these two characters acted as mentors for Katniss and Peeta throughout the series.
Peeta, in the 75th Games, wears a medallion. Effie made the medallion upon Peeta's request. It contained pictures of the three people (other than Peeta) who Katniss' cares about most in the world; Prim, her mother, and Gale.
Like with Katniss, at first Effie does not really care about Peeta in the beginning, but when Katniss hurt his hands, she defends Peeta and states that Katniss should not have done that. After the games, the two become friends and Effie really starts to care about Peeta.
Katniss's focus on survival and her family's safety prevented her from fully considering romance, but her feelings for Peeta and Gale diverged in the end. Katniss ultimately chose Peeta because he understood her trauma and she didn't want to lose him, proving her love for him.
While Effie Trinket is one of the most beloved characters in The Hunger Games, she's also inadvertently a cruel member of the Capitol. As a villain with heroic moments, she genuinely cares about Katniss and wishes the best for her. However, the way Effie smiles throughout the Reaping can't be anything but inhumane.
The fan-favorite relationship between Haymitch and Banks' character, Effie Trinket, took a big step forward at the end of Mockingjay - Part 2 when the former victor planted a serious smooch on the normally prim and polished Capitol chaperone, a move Harrelson admits was improvised by him while shooting the scene.
He is not known to have ever married, or even been romantic with another woman after her. However, in the films he occasionally engaged in light flirtation with Effie Trinket, and the two kissed in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.
Sadly, Phillip Seymour Hoffman died while filming the final installment in the series, and there was no way around the fact that his characters' role had to be lessened. Specifically he was meant to be in the scene in the film with Katniss where instead Haymitch reads a letter to her from Plutarch.
Toward the end of the novel, Katniss realizes that Haymitch has been keeping information from her and using her to help the rebellion, causing her to feel extremely betrayed. On the other hand, his goals are generally good ones.
Did Haymitch and Effie end up together in the books?
The Hunger Games' Haymitch and Effie Aren't Together in the Books - IMDb. The Hunger Games features a plethora of lovable characters throughout the franchise, whether they be stars of the show or just side characters. With this, it's no surprise that there are just as many iconic couples.
The second quarter quell's special stipulation was that the Capitol would reap double the amount of children, meaning Haymitch had double the amount of tributes (47) who needed to die for him to live. He trained well, showing skill with a knife, and was given odds of 10-1 in winning.
In the 74th Hunger Games, Clove was the only Career tribute who came close to killing Katniss twice — at the Bloodbath and at the Feast, and certainly seemed to have a deep hatred for her, perhaps because Katniss received a higher score than her.
She loved Cato, and he loved her, but they couldn't tell anyone. No one would sponsor a Career Tribute who loved anyone, especially someone in the arena with them. They had tried to keep it secret, but, since they see the Comittee of Victors every day in training, it's hard to keep anything secret from them.
No purpose, no excitement. Just Dead. Maybe he is just realizing that he could not win and that he knew Katniss would kill him and he could not win without clove. So he kinda just gave up because there was no use in trying to win if he did not get to be with clove in the end.
Katniss has a conflicted relationship with her mother. Following her father's death, her mother fell into deep depression and now rarely speaks. As a result, Katniss has a difficult time feeling love and affection for her mother, even as she recognizes that her mother is a kind and intelligent woman.
As fans of the Suzanne Collins book series the movies are based upon well know, Effie doesn't appear in "Mockingjay" until the closing pages, having gone MIA.
While fighting some of the other tributes with a knife he acquired from the Cornucopia, Maysilee saved Haymitch's life by killing the lone surviving attacker. As the number of tributes dwindled, Maysilee went off on her own.
