Elizabeth Banks "couldn't do anything" while suited up in her Hunger Games costume.

The 38-year-old actress portrays Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games, the highly-anticipated upcoming sci-fi fantasy action drama.

Elizabeth's character dons lavish Rococo gowns and powders her face profusely.

Being fastened into corsets and dresses with long trains all day long on set was a challenging experience for Elizabeth.

"I couldn't go to the bathroom. I literally couldn't zip or unzip, or do a button. I couldn't wipe. I couldn't do anything," Elizabeth told MTV News.

Elizabeth was not a fan of Effie's manicure either.

"The worst part about it was my nails," Elizabeth detailed. "I had these crazy, long, insane fake nailsbejeweled and... just insane. And once they were on, I literally couldn't do anything. I couldn't [use my] iPhone, Blackberry. I couldn't use the computer."

The prep time to physically get into Effie's character was equally arduous.

"It was a really long process to find [Effie's look], initially," she explained. "It was a couple days of hanging out in the trailer and playing around. But once we nailed it, it was just two hours a day."

The Hunger Games will be released in the US next month.