<P> All the principal cast such as Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, Liam Hemsworth as Gale, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch, Donald Sutherland as President Snow, Elizabeth Banks as Effie, Willow Shields as Prim, Paula Malcomson as Mrs Everdeen and Stanley Tucci as Caesar, return to reprise their roles . Julianne Moore also returned to reprise her role as President Alma Coin, along with Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died during the filming in February 2014, as Plutarch . He had nearly completed his scenes, and his two remaining scenes were rewritten to compensate for his absence . Regarding Hoffman's scenes, Lawrence commented that, "He had two substantial scenes left and the rest were appearances in other scenes . We had no intention of trying to fake a performance, so we rewrote those scenes to give to other actors...The rest, we just didn't have him appear in those scenes . There's no digital manipulation or CG fabrication of any kind ." One of the changed scenes saw the character of Plutarch sending Katniss a letter in prison, read by Haymitch, rather than coming himself to talk to her after her arrest for assassinating President Coin, explained as him being unable to see her for political reasons after her actions, which he nonetheless supports . </P> <P> On August 26, 2013, it was announced that actress Stef Dawson had joined the cast to portray Annie Cresta . Lionsgate announced on September 13, 2013, that Julianne Moore joined the cast to play President Alma Coin . The same month, Lily Rabe, Patina Miller, Mahershala Ali, Wes Chatham, and Elden Henson were announced to have joined the cast. to reprise their roles of Commander Lyme, Commander Paylor, Boggs, Castor, and Pollux, respectively . During this time, there was also a casting call for extras . Rabe subsequently had to leave the film due to a scheduling conflict with the 2014 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing . On April 4, 2014, it was announced that she would be replaced by Gwendoline Christie to portray Lyme . </P> <P> Principal photography began on September 23, 2013, in Atlanta, and concluded on June 20, 2014, in Berlin, Germany; the two parts were filmed back - to - back . In October 2013, filming took place in Rockmart, Georgia . After the cast and crew took a break to promote The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, filming resumed on December 2, 2013 . On December 14, 2013, shooting was held at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta . On December 18, shooting began at Caldwell Tanks in Newnan, Georgia . </P> <P> Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plays Plutarch Heavensbee, died on February 2, 2014 . He had completed filming his scenes for Part 1 and had a week left of shooting for Part 2; Lionsgate thereafter released a statement affirming that since the majority of Hoffman's scenes had been completed, the release date for Part 2 would not be affected . It was initially announced that Hoffman would be digitally recreated for a major scene involving his character that had not been shot, but Francis Lawrence later stated that he had rewritten Hoffman's two remaining scenes to compensate for the actor's absence, and there would be "no digital manipulation or CG fabrication of any kind". In a scene near the end of the film which was to have shown Plutarch speaking with Katniss in detention, Woody Harrelson's character instead reads her a letter from him . </P>

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