Anthony Hopkins

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q65932: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Edge, which ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Spartacus (1960); The Bounty (1984); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Chaplin (1992); Howards End (1992); Legends of the Fall (1994); Nixon (1995); Amistad (1997); The Edge (1997); Mission: Impossible 2 (2000); Hannibal (2001); Red Dragon (2002); The Human Stain (2003); Thor (2011); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Noah (2014); The Two Popes (2019); The Father (2020); Dracula; Solace; Surviving Picasso; The Innocent; The Remains of the Day; The Trial; Transformers 5.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The Dark World is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki: he becomes co-lead, Thor 1A to Loki 1B.
    “This is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki, where they're like, we get it now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:20:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Avengers ends with the team scattering, which is why the Phase 2 sequels can stand alone.
    “And also, Joss Wheaton's like master stroke at the end of Avengers is like, we're not a team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:30:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Doctor Who (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: Doctor Who ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Marvel in general is indebted to Doctor Who's tone of lightness, comedy, hope and teamwork, especially the Russell T Davies era.
    “I think Marvel in general is very kind of indebted to Doctor Who with the same tone of like lightness and comedy and hope and team teamwork.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 2:02:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Ed Gein: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-life source) · through The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which they acted in: Ed Gein ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read). Ed Gein had a big Hollywood footprint; Silence of the Lambs and Manhunter touched on him.
    “A lot of people, silence the lambs, touched on Ed Geen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:19:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: Game of Thrones ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The film aims for a grounded, muddy fantasy in the Game of Thrones manner, away from Branagh's version.
    “We want to make a more grounded fantasy away from the bran off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

J. Michael Straczynski: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they acted in: J. Michael Straczynski ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The film borrows heavily from Straczynski's celebrated Thor run, including Thor spending time in the Midwest.
    “the celebrated Thor arc was J. Michael Stratinsky, which is this is borrowing from heavily.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Manhunter (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which they acted in: Manhunter ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read). Silence of the Lambs and the Hannibal Lecter universe come in the aftermath of Manhunter.
    “Obviously, like Silence of the Lambs and the expanded Hannibal Lecter universe comes in the aftermath of this”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they acted in: Masters of the Universe ⇒ Thor (the host's read). Thor is described as essentially a remake of the live-action Masters of the Universe.
    “It's mostly just a remake of the live action masters of the universe movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:54 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)

Stan Lee: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they acted in: Stan Lee ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The Donald Blake identity came from Stan Lee's 60s devotion to the secret-identity trope; the movie keeps it only as a fake ID gag.
    “in the 60s, Stanley was a little slavishly devoted to like the classic superhero comic trope, so you needed a secret identity”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:08 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Steven Spielberg: 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to restoration) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Spartacus (the host's read). Spielberg talked Kubrick into letting the film be restored and re-released.
    “and Spielberg knew him then. and was like, well, they're, you know, the American cinema tech or whoever wants to do this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:01:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Gladiator (2000): 3 lines

  1. lineage (riff / imitation) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read). Richard, seeing Spartacus for the first time, says it is the main thing Gladiator riffs on.
    “this is really the main thing the gladiators are riffing on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:03:34 · Richard Lawson (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (casting approach) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read). Gladiator, like Spartacus, is loaded with supporting actors who are thespian gems, which the speaker says Scott recognized.
    “as Ridley Scott recognized about this movie, is like loaded up with supporting actors who are like just thespian gems.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:33:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (scene reused) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read). The trident thrown into the stands in Spartacus is in Gladiator too, with Russell Crowe doing it.
    “that's literally in Gladiator.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:14:49 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Airplane! (1980): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reference) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Airplane! (the host's read). The Spartacus bath-scene joke is the joke in Airplane and it still works.
    “there's a reason that it's it's the fucking joke in airplane and that the joke still works so well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:44:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Clueless (1995): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reference) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Clueless (the host's read). Richard knew Spartacus mostly through the Clueless clip (and Community jokes) before watching it.
    “to have heard about this movie mostly through Clueless, but also just joked about in community for years”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:43:58 · Richard Lawson (0.60 sure it was them)

Dell Comics: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Spartacus (1960), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Dell Comics (the host's read). Spartacus got a Dell Comics color adaptation, like a tie-in of its era.
    “that this had a Dell comics color adaptation”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:59:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which they acted in: The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage.
    “A little silence of lambs homage.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What Just Happened (2008): 1 line

  1. unmapped (dramatization) · through The Edge (1997), which they acted in: The Edge ⇒ What Just Happened (the host's read). Barry Levinson's 2008 film, drawn from Art Linson's book, fictionalizes the making of The Edge, including the beard fight and De Niro.
    “They made a movie based on Art Linson's book, and a lot of it is about making this stupid movie and a big part about him not shaving the beard”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:35:23 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (36) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career arc): Anthony Hopkins → The Silence of the Lambs. Silence made Hopkins an A-lister and a strange mainstream path followed.
    “Silence of the Lambs became an absolute cultural phenomenon.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:13:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career arc): Anthony Hopkins → Hannibal. Hannibal and Red Dragon are late-60s money grabs; Hannibal didn't work for Bill because Hopkins is much older.
    “Which didn't work for me because he's so much older than he was in Silence of the Lambs, but it's a prequel.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:17:12 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → The Silence of the Lambs. Hopkins's Oscar came via Foster and Silence of the Lambs.
    “She won him an Oscar.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → Red Dragon. After Hannibal money, Hopkins appeared in Red Dragon, which is a remake of Manhunter but worse, ruining the franchise per his son.
    “And it's just a remake of Manhunter, but worse?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:12:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → The Silence of the Lambs. The Hannibal series pivoted to a prequel to Silence of the Lambs with an actor decades older.
    “Remake a prequel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:12:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → Noah. Hopkins in the gravitas role is an uncreative choice, same reaction as in Noah.
    “I had the same reaction when he was in Noah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:45:28 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Anthony Hopkins → Tommy Lee Jones. Casting a gravitas-bearing famous actor as the elder is Marvel's repeat playbook, as with Tommy Lee Jones in Captain America.
    “It's also the same thing they did with Tommy Lee Jones and Captain America”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:09:27 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (all-black remake): Byron Allen → Anthony Hopkins. Byron Allen is the pick to play the Hopkins billionaire in an all-black remake.
    “Byron Allen could actually play the part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:22:50 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (writing around an actor): Hannibal → Anthony Hopkins. The book Hannibal set up plastic surgery so a different actor could play Lecter if Hopkins declined.
    “they set up that Hamble Lecter had a lot of plastic surgery done so that they could have a different actor play the role if necessary.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:27:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (same actor): Bart the Bear → Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins worked with Bart twice, in Legends of the Fall and The Edge.
    “Anthony Hopkins worked with him twice. He worked with them in Legends of the Fall and in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:32:26 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Kathy Bates → Anthony Hopkins. Unknown-actor effect: Hopkins as Lecter worked by changing his look; Bates was an unknown.
    “We knew Anthony Hopkins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:28:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (comparison): Laurence Olivier → Anthony Hopkins. Olivier playing Crassus feels like Hopkins's career phase; also Hopkins later impersonated him for the restoration.
    “oh, Olivier was in the Hopkins phase of his career.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:00:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (voice replacement): Anthony Hopkins → Spartacus. Olivier was dead for the restoration, so Hopkins impersonated him for the recovered dialogue.
    “Anthony Hopkins impersonated him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:00:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Kathy Bates → Anthony Hopkins. Simmons feels the same way about Hopkins as Lecter: best role for the performer, seen in a theater.
    “I feel the same way about Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:04:24 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): The Father → Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins is a near-certain best-actor nominee, but the speaker did not love the film itself.
    “I feel like I'm on an island here with the father.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:35:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Anthony Hopkins → The Two Popes. Best actor playing a pope who says 'that's my pizza'; Best orange soda in a film also goes to The Two Popes.
    “Best actor playing a pope who says, hey, that's my pizza is Anthony Hopkins.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:20:37 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Harrison Ford → Anthony Hopkins. If Ford had the Hopkins part the film changes because you blindly root for Ford.
    “if Harrison Ford was in the Hopkins spot. First of all, it is, this is a different movie because now I'm rooting for, it's just in, you're blind rooting for Harrison Ford in every movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:26:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Jeff Goldblum → Anthony Hopkins. Van suggests Goldblum, a co-star of Pullman in Independence Day, as an offbeat rich guy.
    “I think Jeff Goldblum could have pulled this off in like in a weird, quirky sort of the rich.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:28:05 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (casting what-if): Dustin Hoffman → Anthony Hopkins. Hoffman turned down the role Hopkins took.
    “So Dustin Hoffman turns down the roll.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:11:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (casting what-if): Robert De Niro → Anthony Hopkins. De Niro went far down the road for the Hopkins part, including a table read, but kept worrying about the bear.
    “They go really far down the road with De Niro.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:11:44 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Anthony Hopkins. Bill would cast Hopkins as the ex-husband; Jodie owes him, she won him an Oscar.
    “Have him played by Anthony Hopkins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Anthony Hopkins: The speakers savage Hopkins's Odin beard as fake, and say his set must be an owned medieval backdrop.
    “The fakest fucking beard.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:10:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Anthony Hopkins: Hopkins's Twitter: weekend videos at his window and a jazz-dancing clip; they play it live.
    “is actually like one of the great tweeters.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:10:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Anthony Hopkins: Hopkins reportedly took Odin because he circled every scene with NAR, no acting required; the bit gets tied to Blank Check's lexicon of River of Ham.
    “I read the script, and every scene, I just circled it and wrote NAR, and I went, I'm on board”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:09:03 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)