On February 5 , Broadway dimmed its lights for Philip Seymour Hoffman . A candlelight vigil was held outside his theater company . `` He 'll have his well-earned legacy -- his Willy Loman that belongs on the same shelf with Lee J. Cobb 's and Dustin Hoffman 's , his Jamie Tyrone , his Truman Capote and his Academy Award . Hoffman 's `` Hunger Games '' co-star Elizabeth Banks is in a state of shock . She said she had no idea what to do with herself after the news broke that her friend and fellow actor died from an overdose on heroin.
On February 5 , Broadway dimmed its lights for Philip Seymour Hoffman . A candlelight vigil was held outside his theater company . Hoffman 's `` Hunger Games '' co-star Elizabeth Banks is in a state of shock . She said she had no idea what to do with herself after the news broke that her friend and fellow actor died from an overdose on heroin.