You know him as a monstrous cannibal, as an amnesiac grandpa, as a Nordic god at Marvel, as a vampire host, as the creator of a futuristic park or as Don Diego de la Vega. Arte invites you to discover the man behind comedian Anthony Hopkins in his documentary Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony. Laurence Olivier who, in his memoirs, is full of praise for him: “An exceptionally promising young company actor named Anthony Hopkins replaced me and interpreted my role as a cat holding a mouse between its teeth. .”See also on KonbiniThis beginning of Shakespearean trajectory does not really correspond to the actor aspiring to a future in the spotlight. He left Europe at 37 and began a new career in California. We quickly find him in the little-known Magic directed by Richard Attenborough in 1978 in which he plays a somewhat unstable ventriloquist. He quickly stands out under the eye of David Lynch in one of his first major roles in 1980. Indeed, Dr. Frederick Treves, whom he plays in Elephant Man, will not leave filmmaker Jonathan Demme indifferent, who imagines himself the actor for his next production, The Silence of the Lambs, released in theaters in 1991. The unforgettable performance delivered by the actor in the skin of Hannibal Lecter initiates an immediate upheaval in his career, starting with the Oscar he receives in 1992, an award which will act as a detonator in the career of the actor, the greatest not being long in calling on him . After this performance, Francis Ford Coppola was one of the first to offer him a role in his Dracula in 1992, before Oliver Stone Nixon’s biopic in 1995, without forgetting Amistad directed by Steven Spielberg and broadcast in 1997, or more recently the moving The Father by Florian Zeller. Through this documentary, Clara and Julia Kuperberg deliver a deep portrait in which they dissect the artist’s career with depth and humility. We invite you to discover this Arte production, online until January 25th.
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