Now that he’s been doing it for well over half a century, Anthony Hopkins believes acting is much “easier” now. The 86-year-old stars as real-life hero Nicholas Winton in “One Life,” out March 15. Winton saved more than 600 children during World War II by organizing train transports.
Sir Anthony Hopkins, who stars in real-life drama “One Life,” reflects on acting and the roles that changed him, including his Academy Award-winning turn as Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs.” Sir Anthony Hopkins, who stars in real-life drama “One Life,” reflects on acting and the roles that changed him, including his Academy Award-winning turn as Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs.
Hopkins studied the way he walked and talked, watching his interviews and docuseries appearance. His performance was given the seal of approval by Winton’s son.Nevertheless, “One Life” director James Hawes highlights Hopkins’ “young spirit,” adding that the knight of the realm “bloody loves what he does,” and has a continued passion for movies.
“He would sit on an apple box on the edge of set and watch people rigging lights and rigging track because he has a joy for the world he’s in,” Hawes explained, adding, “he just wants to be there and part of the process.
One poignant moment recreated in the film is Winton’s appearance on the British TV show “That’s Life,” where he was surprised by a studio audience made up of descendants of the children he’d saved. The extras surrounding Hopkins in the recreated scene were also related to the Kindertransport children, with Hopkins calling it a “pretty moving moment.”
Hopkins says playing Winton is one of the highlights of his career, but playing Hannibal Lecter in “Silence of the Lambs,” which won him his first Academy Award in 1991, “gave him a profound change in the direction of my life.”“I know that I can take no credit for anything, because I couldn’t have figured out my life,” he added. “I don’t even know how I became an actor. It beats working for a living.
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