--- description: Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin acknowledged their late co-star while taking home the top trophy at the MTV Movie Awards title: WATCH: 'Hunger Games' Stars Pay Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ffd4ad9968ba6ed/69868a85810bbbce5cc9108b/mtv-movie-awards-hunger-games-josh-hutcherson-sam-claflin-philip-seymour-hoffman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # WATCH: _Hunger Games_ Stars Pay Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2014 12:29 PM CUT  From left: Sam Claflin and Josh Hutcherson accept the award for Best Movie of the Year for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, on April 13, 2014. From left: Sam Claflin and Josh Hutcherson accept the award for Best Movie of the Year for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, on April 13, 2014.Lucy Nicholson—Reuters  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2014 12:29 PM CUT Two stars of _The Hunger Games: Catching Fire_ dedicated the MTV Movie Awards’ biggest honor [to their late co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/video-mtv-movie-awards-josh-695859 "undefined") on Sunday night. “I know that if Philip were here, he would think this was really cool,” Josh Hutcherson said alongside Sam Claflin, while both accepted the award for Movie of the Year. “To have him in our movies was one of the coolest things in the world. He’s one of the actors I’ve looked up to my entire life, and we think about him every day on set. Wherever he is, this definitely goes out to him.” Hoffman [died of a toxic drug mix in February](http://time.com/10836/philip-seymour-hoffman-died-of-toxic-drug-mix-medical-examiner-says/ "undefined"), according to a medical examiner. Though his death rocked the cast of the [record-breaking film series](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1718080/catching-fire-box-office-record.jhtml "undefined"), it has not posed major [production](http://www.thewrap.com/philip-seymour-hoffman-death-will-alter-hunger-games-release/ "undefined") [problems](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/03/07/hunger-games-mockingjay-philip-seymour-hoffman/6162499/ "undefined") for the final two _Hunger Games_ movies, the first of which opens in theaters in November. 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