UPDATE: THR has Confirmed Philip Seymour Hoffman Has Been Offered the Role of Plutarch in Catching Fire
6/12/2012Catching FireTheresa
Hold on to your bows, Hunger Games fans, looks like we are indeed on the verge of our first casting announcement. Yesterday, rumors began flying that Philip Seymour Hoffman had been offered the role of Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Now The Hollywood Reporter has CONFIRMED that an official offer has been made.
Philip Seymour Hoffman received an official offer to play Plutarch Heavensbee in Catching Fire, Lionsgate’s sequel to The Hunger Games, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Hoffman’s name had circled the role for several weeks, but an offer formally went out Monday, the same day the actor ended his 18-year association with his agency, Paradigm.
No word yet if Hoffman will accept the role, and no official word from Lionsgate yet either. The latter is not surprising since Lionsgate has said they will not confirm any casting reports until they are ready to make an official announcement.
Is PlutarchWatch2012 about to end? Let’s hope so, we’d love to see Hoffman take on the role! Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Source: THR
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19 comments
carla
on said:
Yes yes yes!
TPF1138
on said:
Pleas, please, please, please, please, please…
Moira
on said:
I haven’t seen him act in anything, but he looks the part! And OMG I can’t believe we have a casting announcement
Jason
on said:
PLEASE
Aurora
on said:
For some reason I imagined Plutarch to be a black man. Did anyone else or just me?
Laura
on said:
He is a fantastic actor, one of the most talented people I can think of. I think of him acting parts that are darker than the way I envision Plutarch. That being said, I’m sure he has plenty of range and he can play anything. Hope he takes the job and runs with it!
Gabrielle
on said:
He totally can play anything! He’s played a rock journalist in Almost Famous and a rock DJ in The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio (two of my favorite movies), films that are not so super serious.
So freaking excited. One of the best actors of our age.
Laura
on said:
hehe, I forgot about pirate radio. Good one
Linnéa
on said:
SO perfect. I actually imagined Seymour playing him when I read the book!
Jess
on said:
i saw him in Doubt movie. He’s great
Nina
on said:
maybe it’s just me but i imagined plutarch to be a bit younger, a la crane. i imagined him in his mid 40s with dark brown hair and fit. idk. but this is good too!
Savanah
on said:
I always pictured Plutarch to be younger as well. Kiefer Sutherland was always the closest to my Plutarch, appearance-wise.
Andrej
on said:
Philip Seymour Hoffman is actually a year younger than Kiefer Sutherland…
Caitlin
on said:
and they said that casting is going on and that they are working on the script a bunch of lies they have started casting and have finished the script so lets see who finnick is already
kelsey
on said:
Philip would be perfect! Oscar winner
I’ve seen him in Doubt and he was A M A Z I N G
Teva
on said:
He is one of the greatest actors of our time. He played Truman Capote in the biopic, and was brilliant – oscar brilliant.
Erin
on said:
I love how they cast people that you would never think of but they actually suit the role perfectly!
Envy Rockbell
on said:
Still waiting for Finnick Odair’s part now… Let’s hope it’ll be Garrett Hedlund ;D
Paulina
on said:
Hate me all you want, but I can’t picture Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch, I sort of pictured him as an older and wiser and more sensible Seneca Crane. I just can’t see Phillip pulling off that look.
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