Glenn Close is set to join the Hunger Games saga as Drusilla Sickle. She'll be playing a villainous role in the upcoming prequel The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. This news was announced during Lionsgate's presentation at CineEurope as reported by Deadline.

Glenn Close and Billy Porter are the latest actors to join the cast of " The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping ." Lionsgate announced the news Monday on social media. Close will play Drusilla Sickle, the District 12 tribute escort, while Porter is set to play Magno Stift, Drusilla's estranged husband and stylist for the tributes.

Close and Porter join an increasingly expansive cast for the latest addition to the Hunger Games franchise. Beyond Zada’s Haymitch, the film includes Ralph Fiennes as the franchise’s latest President Snow, Jesse Plemons as games designer Plutarch Heavensbee, and Elle Fanning as the young Effie Trinket, still a social climber by the time of Sunrise.