News about Anthony Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins once shared his regret over never starring in huge comedy franchise, a co-star has recalled.  The award-winning, 86, known for his role as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, has starred in numerous films, television shows and theatre performances.  But there is one British comedy series that he didn't get the chance to feature in, with Patricia Franklin revealing which. 

Hollywood icon Anthony Hopkins used his platform for good on Thursday as he encouraged his more than 5.2 million Instagram followers to adopt not shop. While celebrating International Cat Day, the 86-year-old actor, best known for his role as cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, posed with an adorable Calico kitten in his arms. The two-time Academy Award winner tagged Help Adopt Moroccan Animals, a non-profit organization devoted to finding loving homes for the homeless animals of Marrakech, to promote animal rescue. 'Sir @anthonyhopkins advocating for our shelter on International Cat Day. Such an honour,' Adopt Moroccan Animals wrote on their Instagram account while reposting the star's slideshow. 'Thank you so much.'

The 86-year-old Oscar winning actor was dropped off at Taverna Tony in the celebrity haven on Monday afternoon by assistant Juan Miguel. Miguel, or 'JOTS' as the star prefers to call him (an acronym for 'Johnny On The Spot'), left the star on Monday to find a parking spot while Hopkins waited. The wait staff attending to the Welshman asked him if he would like to have his 'usual' seat in the back corner of the Greek restaurant.

Director Roland Emmerich has revealed that it was 'frightening' working with Anthony Hopkins on the latest Prime Video series Those About To Die.   The renowned director has worked with a wide variety of Hollywood a-listers including Mel Gibson, Will Smith and Jake Gyllenhaal but Anthony Hopkins made the Independence Day director extremely nervous.  The German filmmaker, 68, shared that he had so much respect for the two-time Academy Award winner he was incredibly nervous to meet him over Zoom to discuss the project. 

UK writer Kathryn Flett reviews High Country, an Aussie import full of characters-to-care-about, and Those About To Die, Amazon's new swords-and-sandals epic series.

New drama series Those About To Die received mostly positive reviews from fans on Friday as some compared it to Game Of Thrones while others described it as a 'lower budget Spartacus'. The Peacock show, which aired its first episode on July 18, is an epic sword-and-sandal television series developed by Robert Rodat and directed by Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner.  The series, which stars Anthony Hopkins, was inspired by Daniel P. Mannix's 1958 book Those About To Die which also was the inspiration for the Gladiator film starring Russell Crowe, 58, as Maximus. 

From the latest swords-and-sandals blockbuster to a 1960s murder-mystery, there is something to appeal to everyone on TV this weekend. Sports fans and those who enjoy real-life crime series are spoilt with some brilliant documentaries. And our critics have cherry-picked the bester comedies, dramas and movies to make sure you have plenty to keep you entertained this weekend. So just read on... we've done all the hard work for you. You just have to sit back and relax.

The former President, 78, rallied against undocumented migrants and those seeking asylum while addressing the crowd in Wisconsin last night, claiming the number of violent crimes was falling in Latin American countries because 'they're sending their murderers' to the US. He added that they were coming from 'prisons... mental institutions and insane asylums', before including a strange reference to the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs, featuring Anthony Hopkins, 86, as Thomas Harris' fictional cannibal serial killer.

This £110 million series set around the building of the Colosseum and boasting a stellar cast including Anthony Hopkins (right), Victoria's Tom Hughes and Game Of Thrones's Iwan Rheon, is the first of two big dramas taking us back to the era this year. Pictured right is Dimitri Leonidas.

Sir Ian McKellen hid his neck brace with a scarf on a trip to the shops as he continued to recover following his shocking fall off stage. The legendary actor, 85, was playing John Falstaff in a production of Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End on June 17 when he lost his footing in a fight scene and plunged from the stage into the audience. Sir Ian spent three nights in hospital and was forced to withdraw from the show's tour  after suffered injuries to wrist and neck.

Sir Ian McKellen appeared in good health following his shocking stage fall last week, as he danced around a luxury mansion with Anthony Hopkins on Wednesday. The actor, 85, suffered a nasty injury when he fell off stage during his West End show and was taken to hospital.

Tom died aged 33 in March 2022 following an 18-month battle with stage four glioblastoma brain cancer. In a new interview with MailOnline, Kelsey, who has Aurelia and Bodhi with the late star, admitted she now feels 'lonely'.

Katherine Jenkins OBE and Anthony Hopkins CBE join forces for upcoming Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden. The Welsh opera singer, 43, will be the executive producer of the film with fellow Welsh native Anthony portraying Handel. Handel was a German-British composer born in Germany in 1685 and who died in Westminster in 1759. He wrote operas, organ concertos, oratorios, including Messiah in 1741, and four coronation anthems, one of which, Zadok the Priest, has been performed at every British coronation since 1727. The King Of Covent Garden, set to be directed by Andrew Levitas, will focus on the creation of Messiah.

A brutal rebellion on a train full of the last humans, a 'zomromcom' in which the dead start shuffling around London and a contemporary reimagining of an HG Wells classic... there's so much for fans of post-apocalyptic fiction and sci-fi to get stuck into right now. We've selected the 25 dramas and films that it really would be the end of the world to miss - sifting through thousands of options so you don't have to. Looking for a new series or film to stream On Demand? Read on to find out the shows worth investing your precious time in...

From Sean Connery to Ben Kingsley, Taye Diggs and Anthony Hopkins, some of the greatest actors of the last century have climbed to the top of Hollywood without a head of hair. Action heroes like Jason Statham, The Rock and Bruce Willis, serious actors like Stanley Tucci and Laurence Fishburne, as well as heartthrobs Channing Tatum and Jesse Williams are all known for the their shaven heads. Other stars like Harry Styles, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zayn Malik and Tom Hardy have devastated fans by ditching their luscious locks. Hollywood heartthrobs have long divided their fans with their shaved heads, here Femail looks at stars who have got even more successful after getting rid of their hair...

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: It was Robert Cleveland 'Bob' Johnson (1920-1993), who led the weekly debate on Mission: Impossible. Johnson, a native of Portland, Oregon, worked in the entertainment industry, but during World War II service in the Army Air Corps, he began performing and announcing in variety shows. He has performed with the Roger Wagner Chorale and in background groups for films like Dr. Zhivago. Johnson on CBS (19666-73) and two on ABC (1988-1990) with the weekly warning: 'This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.' 'Good luck,'

Matt Salusbury, an 18-year-old boy who was unable to move, was pinned down in the middle of the night, with the terrifying suspicion that an evil presence hovered behind him. Though his tormentor was just out of sight, he knew it was skeletal, as in the movie Alien's deadly extraterrestrial, with lots of gristle and muscle between the bones. I couldn't see a face,' recalled Matt, who was sleeping on a relative's couch when traveling in the United States in the summer of 1986. I can't remember the color, except for the white teeth with the exposed flesh of the gums around it, as if the face and lips had been peeled away.' 'I closed my eyes tight, attempting to fall asleep, but I'm sure if it didn't know I was awake it wouldn't react and might leave me alone.'

Anthony Hopkins' next big role is in Eyes In The Trees, a reimagined incarnation of The Island of Dr. Moreau, the 1896 book by H.G. Wells. The two-time Oscar winner, 86, will collaborate on the project with filmmaker Timothy Woodward Jr., whose credits include Til Death Do Us Part, The Call, and Gangster Land.

According to a top producer, generative artificial intelligence could make TV soaps 'entirely' in a matter of three to five years' time. James Hawes, whose hits include Slow Horses and Anthony Hopkins' One Life, has revealed that AI could make a show like axed BBC1 soap Doctors. The 'best guess' was that it would be 'between three to five years' before someone could ask AI to 'create me a scene in an ER room,' with a woman, while another is 'dying on the table,' according to him. Mr Hawes said he came to this conclusion after speaking with representatives from various segments of the industry, including visual effects specialists and attorneys at American unions. He warned that he had seen evidence that led him to the conclusion that he was going to see changes 'dramatically and quickly,' adding that the 'genie is out of the bottle' and that programmers will have to live with this.

Here are 100 films that I believe every person should see at least once in their lifetime, and all of them should make you laugh, cry, gasp, or think. In some instances, perhaps all four are present. I hope my list would bring you some good cinematic treats, or better still, introduce you to them. Happy viewing!

On the shores of the famous lake, Ashlie McAnally checks in to The Langdale Chase hotel, which is synonymous with author Beatrix Potter and poet William Wordsworth. The Grade II listed building, which was the first residence at Windermere to have electricity, became a hotel in 1930. Its appearance was seen in the 1946 Alfred Hitchcock film The Paradine Case and in 1988 BBC drama Across the Lake, starring Anthony Hopkins. Daniel Thwaites, a hospitality company, acquired the boutique hotel in 2017, which reopened in November after a year-long, multi-million pound renovation.

MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: Public service organisations have invested hundreds of thousands of pounds on staff to follow in Sir Kenneth Branagh's footsteps, Anthony Hopkins, and Dame Joan Collins, who attended the prestigious London acting school founded in 1904. According to reports obtained by Freedom of Information requests, NHS England and the communications watchdog Ofcom were among seven agencies that invested more than £380,000 on RADA's education services between November 2021 and November last year. The courses, which can be accessed online or in RADA Business' own studio, include sessions on communication, trust building, leadership, and physical presence.

Deobra Redden, 30, appeared in shackles wearing a spit mask on his face and orange mitts on his hands yesterday. Since then, X users have compared Anthony Hopkins' appearance to Hannibal Lecter's. He reappeared in court today to face new charges based on the attack in a white medical mask and the same shackles

The victims of the Post Office computer hack scandal will never be convicted of justice. In some cases, they have lost more than others. Years of what should have been joyful and enriched lives have been stolen. Good names have been stolen and grudgingly recovered years later. Innocent people have been held captive in jail, a crime that is impossible to get out of your mind. Marriages have been torn apart. These ill-treated people in some tragic situations have clearly lost their minds or taken their own lives. I will not participate in the simple call for the removal of the CBE from Paula Vennells, the former Chief Executive of the Post Office. I believe she should be compelled to keep it as a lifelong reminder to her and the rest of us of how justice and mercy have been stangled in this world.