{"id":2169118,"date":"2025-11-20T20:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2169118"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:39:05","slug":"glenn-close-unrecognizable-in-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-teaser-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/glenn-close-unrecognizable-in-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-teaser-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Close unrecognizable in &#8216;The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping&#8217; teaser trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F115886520-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Glenn Close volunteered as tribute.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, audiences got their first look at the actress, 78, as Drusilla Sickle in \u201cThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MPjxijuBuSo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the trailer<\/a>, Close is unrecognizable with fake, bright white teeth, thin eyebrows and facial prosthetics. She also dons an orange bob, fake lashes, and bright red lipstick.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Glenn Close in the new \u201cHunger Games\u201d prequel trailer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Glenn Close in an orange bob and sporting fake teeth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Oscar nominee plays a Hunger Games official, who picks from a lottery which children will fight to the death in Panem\u2019s District 12.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTwice the tributes,\u201d Drusilla tells the crowd. \u201cTwice the glory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film serves as a sequel to 2023\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,\u201d and a prequel to the 2012 hit movie \u201cHunger Games.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d also features\u00a0Jesse Plemons,\u00a0Ralph Fiennes,\u00a0Kieran Culkin,\u00a0Elle Fanning,\u00a0Mckenna Grace,\u00a0Maya Hawke,\u00a0Whitney Peak\u00a0and\u00a0Kelvin Harrison Jr.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\">The new project \u201crevisits the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) twenty-four years before the events of\u00a0\u2018The Hunger Games,\u2019 starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell,\u201d per the synopsis. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think of character stuff as really fun,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/glenn-close-reveals-she-still-has-all-her-cruella-de-vil-costumes-exclusive-237941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Close shared with\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/a> last month. \u201cI\u2019m doing\u00a0\u2018The Hunger Games\u2019\u00a0now and that\u2019s another amazing collaboration I\u2019m having fun with.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\">She described the film as \u201chuge\u201d while chatting with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/glenn-close-knives-out-alls-fair-reviews-1236585706\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>, adding, \u201cThere\u2019s all these extras and helicopters and chariots and horses.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Glenn Close attends the \u201cAll\u2019s Fair\u201d Disney+ Premiere. <span class=\"credit\">Berzane Nasser\/ABACA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Glenn Close at the premiere of \u201cMan: A Knives Out Mystery on September 6 2025.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Close\u2019s role comes on the heels of starring in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/05\/entertainment\/kim-kardashians-alls-fair-is-a-train-wreck-sarah-paulson-glenn-close-dont-help\/\">the critically panned \u201cAll\u2019s Fair\u201d\u00a0<\/a>alongside Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash, Teyana Taylor, Naomi Watts and Sarah Paulson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI swear to God, I\u2019ve seen all nine episodes and it\u2019s pretty f\u2013king good,\u201d she told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/nov\/15\/glenn-close-interview-wake-up-dead-man-knives-out-mystery-cult-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> after negative reviews. \u201cIt is what it is: it\u2019s juicy and outrageous at times and touching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star made a point to gush over what it was like working with Kardashian, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s lovely,\u201d Close added. \u201cAnd very smart. Very, very conscientious with her kids. When we were filming, she was going through working towards her law degree, and near the end, she would have flashcards.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Glenn Close in \u201cAll\u2019s Fair.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Hulu\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close in the Hulu show \u201cAll\u2019s Fair.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Hulu\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe now has her law degree, and I asked her: Are you going to practice? And she said: No, I just want it in my back pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series director\u00a0Anthony Hemingway also defended the show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to please everybody,\u201d he told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/alls-fair-reviews-director-defends-kim-kardashian-1236419126\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month. \u201cYou may have certain criticisms, while there are a million others who love it. I think the show holds a mirror up to each person who watches it. It\u2019s just about: Can you connect to it or relate to it, and see yourself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt may be out of your league, it may not be anything you can connect to, and I think that goes for anything that gets presented on screen.\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1424783\/kim-kardashian-reacts-to-alls-fair-criticism\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn Close volunteered as tribute. On Thursday, audiences got their first look at the actress, 78, as Drusilla Sickle in \u201cThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.\u201d In the trailer, Close is unrecognizable with fake, bright white teeth, thin eyebrows and facial prosthetics. She also dons an orange bob, fake lashes, and bright red lipstick. 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