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(Cover) - EN Movies - Anthony Hopkins is intrigued by Alfred Hitchcock’s “complex personality”.
The 74-year-old actor portrays the late legendary director in biopic Hitchcock.
Anthony was drawn to the role primarily due to his profound respect for Alfred.
“It’s not so much dark as it’s the complex side of any personality,” Anthony explained to Deadline’s AwardsLine.
“Hitchcock was such a master of putting on screen things that made you uneasy. Somebody once asked him what frightened him most, and he said the police. He came from a poor background. I think he understood those fears. He hated the thought of sudden violence. He was always wanting to be in control. And his films reflect that at any moment it can happen — your life is in control and then bam. He had such simpatico with the audience.”
Anthony won an Academy Award in 1991 for his portrayal of cannibal Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.
He didn’t let the honour affect his professional resolve.
“It didn’t change anything at all,” he recalled.
“I remember the night I won the Oscar. I thought, ‘Now I don’t have to do any more.’ But then you wake up the next morning, and the Oscar is there and you have to ask, ‘Now what do I do?’ It can be a curse — some actors never work again after winning — but I don’t think about it. I just continue to do my job and get on with it.”