Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson paid tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman as he collected his MTV Movie Award last night.

Hutcherson won the Best Male Performance for his role as Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

And the actor remembered his co-star, who suddenly passed away earlier this year. Speaking as he collected his award, he said: "I know that if Philip were here, he would really think this is really cool.

"To have him in our movies was one of the coolest things in the world. He's one of the actors I've looked up to my entire life.

"We think about him every day on set. Wherever he is, this definitely goes out to him as well."

Hoffman appeared as Plutarch Heavensbee for the first time in Catching Fire last year.

The character is set to also star in Mockingjay - Part 1 and Part 2 - it was reported that the actor had one major scene left to shoot when he passed away.

It is believed that he will be digitally recreated to complete the final scenes for the film.

As for Catching Fire, it went on to scoop two more awards last night: Movie of the Year and Best Female Performance for Jennifer Lawrence.


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