But it does make you pause when someone you admired dies way too young. Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of those guys. Every Facebook timeline exploded with posts minutes after people heard what happened. And it’s no surprise. Philip was one of the “oh, I love him” guys.
Tell people you saw a movie featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman in it and they’ll say out loud, “Oh I love him.” Works every time. There are only a handful of guys like this – super talented with range, often playing good guys, not necessarily leading men: Paul Giamatti, Mark Rufalo, JK Simmons, John Goodman. I blogged about five others once before.
It takes a massive talent to be missed this much. Gone way too soon.
