Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Changed Mockingjay Pt 2
With the passing of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s earlier this year, Hunger Games Mockingjay Pt 2 had to do some major last minute changes.
CelebNMusic247.com has learned that the Hunger Games franchise still needed to film 8 to 9 more days with the actor, however, the production found a solid solution to keep the integrity of the film without having to replace Hoffman’s character.
What we’ve learned is that Philip Seymour Hoffman has film 3/4 of his scenes for his 50 days stint on the production, but he passed with a week worth of filming left.
In a recent interview, the director of Catching Fire and the upcoming Mockingjay films, Francis Lawrence, opened up about how they decided to handle the late star’s absence from certain scenes as Plutarch Heavensbee.
Lawrence revealed:
“He was scheduled for 50 days or so, and he had shot about 42 or 43 of those days. He had about eight days left, but the meat of his performance was already finished…There were a couple of scenes that were pretty substantial which we ended up giving to other actors to take over, and obviously, although no-one is a replacement for Phil, the story still works.”
It still feels unreal that we lost Hoffman this year. It is still sad and unfortunately necessary as the show must go on.
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