McKenna Grace Joins Hunger Games Prequel as Key Tribute Alongside Joseph Zada's Young Haymitch
McKenna Grace has been cast as District 12 tribute Maysilee Donner in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming prequel set 24 years before the original series. She’ll star alongside Joseph Zada, who plays a young Haymitch Abernathy—the future mentor to Katniss Everdeen, originally portrayed by Woody Harrelson. The film, directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence (Catching Fire), adapts Suzanne Collins’ 2025 novel and explores Haymitch’s brutal journey in the 50th Hunger Games. Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl) will portray Lenore Dove Baird, Haymitch’s romantic interest...
