Huffington Post interview w/ Elizabeth Banks touches on ‘The Hunger Games,’ filmed in Asheville

Jason Sandford

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Actress Elizabeth Banks, of 30 Rock and Scrubs fame among others, talks about Hollywood with the Huffington Post. The interview touches on her work with The Hunger Games, which was partially filmed in Asheville last year and is set for release in a few months. More:

Q: I’m excited to see your interaction with Woody Harrelson as Haymitch.

A: I’m excited for people to see that too. Because we worked really hard — there was not a lot in the script interaction-wise and we made a lot out of that relationship. Our characters really don’t like each other. But we also have to work together, so it’s that push-pull. It’s like any great sort of love affair — there’s a lot of love-hate between us.

Q: So many fans are so excited about it; do you feel pressure?

A: I really don’t. You just can’t. I really don’t want people to be disappointed — I’m a fan of the books myself, so of course I just want to be faithful and do right by her. But I loved Effie. I loved playing it, I loved how it came out, I’m really proud of it, so any of the haters, I’m just going to ignore.