‘Hunger Games’ Director Reveals Why Late Oscar Winner’s Son Didn’t Inherit His Role

Getty The nepo baby casting fans had in mind for the upcoming Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, wasn’t the best fit, revealed the film’s director, Francis Lawrence. The role of the younger version of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character, Plutarch Heavensbee, went to Oscar-and Emmy-nominated Breaking Bad actor Jesse Plemons, 38, despite fans rooting for Hoffman’s 23-year-old son Cooper to play the role. Lawrence, who worked with the younger Hoffman on his 2025 film, The Long Walk,…