McKenna Grace tears up reflecting on the scale of appearing in Hunger Games

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Fabbro, L. D. (2026, October 28). McKenna Grace tears up reflecting on the scale of appearing in Hunger Games. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/grace-billy-porter-president-london-jennifer-lawrence-b1302725.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-28 · by Lauren Del Fabbro

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McKenna Grace reflects emotionally on her role as Maysilee Donner in "The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping," the sixth installment of the franchise set to release in November 2023. She describes the experience as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and emphasizes the film's message about the gradual nature of change, even within an oppressive regime. Grace also notes the camaraderie among cast members during filming.
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McKenna Grace, a 20-year-old actress, has been reflecting on the emotional experience of appearing in The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping, the sixth installment of the blockbuster series. In the prequel set in the fictional country of Panem, Grace plays District 12 tribute Maysilee Donner alongside Joseph Zada as young Haymitch Abernathy. She expressed her overwhelming emotions and described it as an opportunity of a lifetime during press tours and filming. The film, which captures violent televised entertainment used to maintain control in Panem, has deeply affected Grace, making her emotional about the scale and impact of her role.

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🔮 The 20-year-old appears as District 12 tribute, Maysilee Donner, in the sixth and latest instalment of the hit blockbuster, The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping.
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District 12 Panem

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Panem GPE · 2× Abernathy PERSON · 1× Donner PERSON · 1× Haymitch PERSON · 1× Haymitch Abernathy PERSON · 1× Iona Bell PERSON · 1× Joseph Zada PERSON · 1× Maysilee PERSON · 1× Maysilee Donner PERSON · 1× Zada PERSON · 1×

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The prequel follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, who is selected to fight in the 50th Hunger Games, a form of violent televised entertainment set up to maintain control in the fictional country of Panem, alongside Donner.
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🔮 The 20-year-old appears as District 12 tribute, Maysilee Donner, in the sixth and latest instalment of the hit blockbuster, The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping.
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The 20-year-old appears as District 12 tribute, Maysilee Donner, in the sixth and latest instalment of the hit blockbuster, The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping. asserted
old → appear → Reaping
The prequel follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, who is selected to fight in the 50th Hunger Games, a form of violent televised entertainment set up to maintain control in the fictional country of Panem, alongside Donner. asserted
who → follow → Donner
She said: “It’s like one of the most absurd events I’ve ever been to. asserted
I → say → events
“I’ve never experienced anything like this. asserted
I → experience → this
It’s making me really emotional looking up at that. asserted
me → make → that
I don’t know. asserted
I → know → ?
I’ve never. asserted
I → ’ve → ?
“I think I’m increasingly realising that I’ve never been a part of anything quite like this, and I don’t know if I ever will again asserted
I → think → this
“Getting to be on this press tour with what’s like my family has been really fun. asserted
what → get → tour
And getting to be on set every day, it just – it didn’t feel real.” asserted
it → get → set
She said during filming she lived with her “little family”, made up of her co-stars Zada and Iona Bell. asserted
she → say → stars
“I’ve never experienced anything like this,” she added. asserted
she → experience → this
The film sees Haymitch and Maysilee face twice as many tributes from each district, two boys and two girls, with Abernathy determined to rebel against Panem’s authoritarian regime and break the arena from the inside. asserted
Abernathy → see → inside
Speaking on the message of the film, she said: “Change doesn’t happen overnight. asserted
Change → speak → film
It takes time, but if you truly are working towards something you believe in – it’s easy to say don’t give up, but change takes time. asserted
change → take → time
“In a world where we have so much instant gratification from our phone, and we can find anything, things take time, and that’s kind of the moral of this story. asserted
that → have → story
“Change is possible if you work hard and you believe, and you don’t give up in what you believe in, and you hold on to your humanity throughout a system of people that are trying to actively strip it away from you.” asserted
that → work → you
Directed by Francis Lawrence, the upcoming blockbuster stars Ralph Fiennes as the cold and calculated President Snow opposite Kieran Culkin’s Caesar Flickerman, Elle Fanning’s Effie Trinket and Jesse Plemons’ Plutarch Heavensbee. asserted
blockbuster → direct → Flickerman
The first Hunger Games film was released in 2012 and based on Suzanne Collins’s best-selling dystopian novel about a totalitarian society that forces young people to fight to the death on live television. asserted
that → release → television
Collins expanded The Hunger Games universe in 2020 with her prequel novel The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, which was adapted into a film released in 2023 starring Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Hunter Schafer. asserted
which → expand → Zegler
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