It’s not brain surgery there’s nothing difficult at all, Hopkins says.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for episodes 1-3 of PeacocksThose About to Die.
Those About to Diemakes the most ofAnthony Hopkins limited screen time.
Anthony Hopkins in ‘Those About to Die’.Matteo Graia/PEACOCK
In a conversation withEntertainment Weekly, Hopkins identified Vespasians death scene as his favorite sequence to shoot.
I found the death scene at the end very interesting, the actor says.
Roland Emmerichtold me, Just stand there.
Anthony Hopkins in ‘Those About to Die’.Matteo Graia/PEACOCK
Just take your time.
I said, Okay, what do you want me to do?
He said, Look like you’re dying.
I stood there and they put the crown and laurels on me.
It’s not brain surgery there’s nothing difficult at all, he says.
Director Emmerich could like to do many takes, but that’s good.
The director knows what he wants to see, and so you just accommodate him.
Do as many times as he wants and there weren’t that many times.
Some older directors would sometimes do take after take after take, and that gets tiresome.
But no, these two directors knew exactly what they wanted.
Emmerich also highlighted Hopkins death scene as a personal favorite.
And he did that!
Showrunner Robert Rodat also sung Hopkins praises.
That guy is freaking magnetic.
And that was in a movie with Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn!
He was in his twenties when he made that movie!
Hopkins said that his brief time on theThose About to Dieset was a blur.
Can’t even remember the events, they all blur into one period.
It could have been a day, five days.
None of them were difficult.
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