An executive at ABC is speaking out about the controversial ending to the 2021 Oscars, which included not only ending on Best Actor, and not Best Picture, as has been tradition, but also, not giving the award to Chadwick Boseman in what was built up to be a climactic moment.
Rob Mills gave an extensive interview and spoke about the moment.
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Anthony Hopkins‘ win for Best Actor at the 2021 Oscars was definitely one of the most surprising moments of the night, but he wasn’t even awake to see it happen!
The 83-year-old actor made history by becoming the oldest actor to win an acting prize at the Oscars thanks to his win for The Father.
Everyone was surprised that Anthony beat out Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom star Chadwick Boseman and it seems the Oscars producers were probably surprised too. They saved the Best Actor category to be the final award of the night, seemingly setting up the show to end with a tribute to the late actor. Instead, it ended with an anti-climatic moment as there was no one there to accept the award.
Anthony‘s agent has released a statement for the actor, who just learned that he won the award. The actor also posted an acceptance speech on Instagram.
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People are shocked by what just happened during the Best Actor category at the 2021 Oscars.
The producers of the show switched up the order of the awards and had Best Picture as the third-to-last award of the night instead of the final award. Instead, Best Actor was the final award and everyone assumed they were holding the moment to end the evening with a Chadwick Boseman tribute.
Well, Chadwick didn’t win the award… Anthony Hopkins did.
Hopkins, who was not at the event, picked up his second Best Actor win for his work in the movie The Father. Presenter Joaquin Phoenix then accepted the award on his behalf and the show ended right there, incredibly anticlimactically.
Fans on Twitter are not happy with what happened and are calling out the producers for ending the show with this moment.
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Anthony Hopkins has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine!
The 83-year-old Oscar-winning actor took to Twitter on Thursday (January 28) to share a video of him receiving the vaccine while sitting in the passenger seat of a car.
“THANK YOU 🙏🏻,” Anthony tweeted, along with shout-outs to LA County’s Public Health department, CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, and his “dear friend, Dr. Maria Teresa Ochoa.”
Anthony concluded the tweet by saying, “Light at the end of the tunnel (after one year of self imposed quarantine).”
It’s been an exciting month for Anthony because the 30th anniversary of his movie Silence of the Lambs just passed and he reunited with the film’s star, Jodie Foster, to reflect on the movie’s success.
He also talked about how he originally thought the script was for a children’s movie.
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Anthony Hopkins is opening up about his first thoughts of The Silence of the Lambs, as the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary.
The now 83-year-old actor revealed during Variety’s “Actors on Actors” video series that he thought it was a children’s story at first.
The script was sent to him in 1989 when he was still performing in M. Butterfly on the London stage.
“After 10 pages, I phoned my agent. I said, ‘Is this a real offer? I want to know. This is the best part I’ve ever read,’” Anthony recalled. “I read the rest of the script, and Jonathan [Demme, director] came over on a Saturday afternoon and we had dinner. And I said, ‘Is this for real?’ And he said, ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘OK.’”
He continued, saying that Jonathan “was such a wonderful guy to work with. I couldn’t believe my luck, and I was scared to speak to you [Jodie Foster]. I thought, ‘She just won an Oscar.’”
The film earned Jodie, as well as Anthony Oscars for their performances.
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Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins are opening up about The Silence of the Lambs ahead of the film’s 30th anniversary.
The co-stars virtually reunited and reflected on the legacy of their movie in Variety‘s Actors on Actors series.
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“We didn’t get to speak too much before the actual read-through. We just sort of kind of waved from across the room and then sat down at the table,” Jodie.
“And as you launched into Hannibal Lecter, I felt a chill come over the room. In a way, it was like we were almost too scared to talk to each other after that,” she went on to say to her co-star.
“I was naturally nervous, an Englishman — a Limey like me, a Welshman — playing an American serial killer. And I remember [director Jonathan Demme], when the camera picked me up, he said, ‘Oh, my God. That’s it. Hopkins. You’re so weird!’” Anthony recalled.
“And I said, ‘Why, thank you.’ And they wanted the lighting girl to come into my cell, and I said, ‘What are you doing in my cell?’ And [Jonathan] said, ‘Oh, my God.’ So I knew I had pressed the right button,” he went on to say.
“I felt like I never had an actor’s personality. Much to my chagrin, it does not come naturally to me, or easily. I’m much more of a reader or a thinker. I’m a chess mover. Acting was just something that was my family’s job, my family’s profession, that I fell into. I have to say, at least once a week, I say, ‘Oh, I’m never going act again.’ But it draws you back in. I think it’s good for somebody like me, who does live in their head a lot — to get out of my head and have to live in my body. And I think that’s benefited me as a person,” Jodie added.
Anthony Hopkins is marking a major milestone!
The 82-year-old actor took to his Instagram on Tuesday (December 29) to reveal that he is celebrating 45 years of sobriety.
“Hello everyone. Good morning. Well, new year is coming. It’s been a tough year, full of grief and sadness for many, many, many people. But 45 years ago today, I had a wake-up call,” Anthony shared.
He continued, “Drinking myself to death. I’m not preaching, but I got a message, a little thought that said, ‘Do you want to live or die?’ and I said, ‘I want to live.’ And suddenly the relief came, and my life has been amazing, and I may have off days and little bits of doubt, and all that, but all in all, I say hang in there.”
Anthony then went on share a message with his young fans that are suffering with addiction.
“Today is the tomorrow you were so worried about yesterday,” Anthony shared, while telling “young people” not to “give up.”
“Just keep in there, just keep fighting. Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid,” Anthony concluded. “That’s sustained me through my life. And that’s all I’ve got to say, and happy new year. This is going to be the best year. Thank you.”
If you missed it, Anthony is generating tons of Oscar buzz for his role in the upcoming movie The Father. You can watch the trailer here.
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