McKenna Grace Called Josh Hutcherson For 'The Hunger Games' Advice
Her fangirl side showed up once again.
McKenna Grace reached out to her Five Nights at Freddy's costar Josh Hutcherson to ask for advice for her The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping filming.
“Eventually after I booked the film and I was shooting, I reached out to him and we spoke and I was like, ‘Were your games, did it feel as physically taxing and emotionally?'", she told People in an interview. According to her, Peeta Mellark's performer told her that it was "definitely hard". "
"And so I definitely got to hear some stories that were so fun and so cool. But yeah, that was more my focus as the resident kind of fangirl on this project was just trying to get stories versus advice, which was probably not the best course of action", she revealed, saying that her call had more than one purpose behind it.
Hutcherson will reprise his The Hunger Games role in an epilogue for the sixth film in the franchise alongside old colleagues Jennifer Lawrence, who was the one to open up the secret, and Woody Harrelson.
Everything you need to know about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Once again directed by Francis Lawrence, who helmed every feature film in the saga except the first, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping adapts the book of the same name released early in 2025. It was also announced that Billy Ray wrote the screenplay.
The film’s cast includes some major names. Joseph Zada will play the lead, Haymitch Abernathy, who was portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the films starring Jennifer Lawrence. Elle Fanning will play Effie Trinket, McKenna Grace is Maysilee Donner, Maya Hawke will play Wiress, and Ben Wang plays Wyatt Callow. Among the older characters are Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle, Scot Greenan as Burdock Everdeen, Grace Ackary as Astric March, Melody Chikakane Brown as Meeney, and Jefferson White as Mr. McCoy.
The the official synopsis of the book reads: "As the day dawns on the 50th annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight ... and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena".
Sunrise on the Reaping hits theaters on November 20, 2026.
