Maysilee Donner, presumably a key character in the upcoming Sunrise on the Reaping, will play an important role as an ally to Haymitch in the Hunger Games. Whoever is cast as Maysille will need to portray her practicality, bravery, and caring nature, which she must reject in the arena. Various young actresses like Ever Anderson, Sofia Wylie, and Priah Ferguson are potential candidates to portray Maysilee.

While many are intrigued by the question of who will play a young Haymitch in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the movie will also need to cast the likely dueteragonist Maysilee Donner. Following Suzanne Collins' first Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the bestselling author announced another novel taking place 40 years later. The Sunrise on the Reaping novel and movie are expected to follow Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson in the Hunger Games movies) the year he wins the 50th Hunger Games.