Famous actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his apartment this morning, leaving thousands of fans to mourn his passing.
Known for his frequent collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson, the duo constantly astounded spectators with such lauded films as “Punch-Drunk Love,” “Magnolia,” “Boogie Nights” and most recently the critically acclaimed “The Master.”
Hoffman has had a well-documented struggle with drug addiction, but regardless of the circumstances, his death is a massive loss for fans of his work and lovers of talented artists.
We still do not know how this tragic event will affect the films that Hoffman had been working on before his death, which included a major roll in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay,” but we do know that the world has been deprived of all the films Hoffman had not yet created, which assuredly would have been masterpieces.
On the bright side, Hoffman left us a grand legacy of incredible works to remember him by. In the upcoming days, take some time to reflect on one of the greatest talents of our generation. See him struggle with life and art in “Synecdoche, New York,” see him play a shockingly horrific villain in “Mission Impossible III” and see him bring one of America’s most loved characters back to life in his academy award winning roll in “Capote.”
For all his talents, Hoffman will always be remembered as an actor with the uncanny ability to captivate, astonish, and desolate.