by Jenna GuillaumeBuzzFeed Contributor It's always sad when someone dies, but when an actor dies while filming a key role in a movie or TV show, the rest of the production is left not only mourning a colleague but also grappling with the question of how to handle it on screen. Here are some times an actor's death completely altered the plots of their projects... 1. There was only a week left of filming the two parts of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay when Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Plutarch Heavensbee, died.