Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead
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It's also amazing how many great films he was in, and how many bad films he was the only good thing about. I watched Punch Drunk Love only last week.
How are these Hollywood actors so good at covering up their drug addiction? You'd think somebody so badly addicted would ruin his career before he overdosed.
How are these Hollywood actors so good at covering up their drug addiction? You'd think somebody so badly addicted would ruin his career before he overdosed.
^He'd been clean for more than 20 years. The relapse was recent, and when you've been clean that long, the drugs can be even more devastating to the system. Not much time to ruin his career...sadly, it ended his life instead. Who knows what triggered the relapse, though it's said he had been on prescription pain meds after a back injury a year or so ago. That'll do it.
I just remembered the first thing I ever saw him in- When a Man Loves a Woman. He played a friend of Meg Ryan's from alcohol rehab. Very brief role, but he still managed to stand out.
I just remembered the first thing I ever saw him in- When a Man Loves a Woman. He played a friend of Meg Ryan's from alcohol rehab. Very brief role, but he still managed to stand out.
A couple of sci-fi celebs getting in a bit of Twitter trouble over their PSH thoughts:
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...al-philip-seymour-hoffman-death-tweets-201432
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...al-philip-seymour-hoffman-death-tweets-201432
I saw a bit about the opiate issue... he was taking pain meds (based on opium--probably Vicodin), very costly ones too. Only so much is covered by insurance. But yeah, even when you've got a ton of money, sensible people want to save it when they can. Heroin is much cheaper and gives a similar effect, except that the side effects are much worse. He had bags of heroin labeled as "Ace of Spades" and "Ace of Hearts". Talk about gambling with your life. 
I'm just sick about it. I've never met him but I know a couple of people who knew him. They're devastated. And the kids... my God just seeing them on a news clip. So young! When someone is known for former heroin abuse and they start exhibiting reclusive behavior, an intervention has to be done. Who cares about invasion of privacy. This man needed help. He had some 50+ full bags of heroin, 5+ of them empty, and 6 bags of cocaine stashed in his apartment.
I'm just sick about it. I've never met him but I know a couple of people who knew him. They're devastated. And the kids... my God just seeing them on a news clip. So young! When someone is known for former heroin abuse and they start exhibiting reclusive behavior, an intervention has to be done. Who cares about invasion of privacy. This man needed help. He had some 50+ full bags of heroin, 5+ of them empty, and 6 bags of cocaine stashed in his apartment.
Levar was right... doesn't lessen the tragedy.
Hoffman's part in Mockingjay will reportedly be completed with a CGI likeness of him.
I hope they can pull it off if that's the route they're taking. It's certainly possible to do so given the advances in lifelike CGI in recent years, but I hope it doesn't look too jarring. As much as I liked seeing 1982-era Jeff Bridges recreated from scratch in Tron Legacy it wasn't exactly the smoothest, most organic thing to look at.
That's because everything dealign with Tron 2 sucks.
T3 did a fine job with Arnold being a robot without him being a robot.
Gladiator had to deal with this when Oliver Reed passed unexpectedly, I imagine it'll be fine. And it helps that Hoffmann's part wasn't too big.
So, if I were to die unexpectedly of a drug overdose the police and authorities will stop at nothing to find those who sold me the drugs and arrest them within a week too, right?
How much heroin should he have taken?
Less than he did, obviously.
And the dialogue? A PSH soundalike?
I wonder if they have any script-readings from Hoffman. They might not need a sound-a-like if they already have him on tape saying the lines.
That's true. They might have recorded the script read-through, although whether the cast is in full character during the read-through can vary.
