Hopkins was born in Port Talbot, Wales, in 1937, the only child of a baker and his wife. He’s also one of the kindest, most generous, most real people I’ve ever met.” Sometimes, though, that gives people the wrong impression. “On one hand, Tony is his own person and never plays the game and doesn’t care what people think of him. “It’s a tough situation for both and I feel bad for them,” Harte told The Post. Glenn Harte, a Hopkins friend who speaks to him at least once or twice a week and shows the actor’s art at his Maui gallery, says Hopkins’ manner can sometimes be misinterpreted. “It was a painful time in my life and not something I can talk about,” is all he would say. When The Post asked Hopkins’ team for comment about Abigail - who, according to the source close to her, is not married and has no children - they said they had reached the actor when he was standing in line for his second COVID shot in Los Angeles. At the same time, he’s been candid about his struggle with alcoholism - he’s been sober since 1975 - and his own ferocious ambition to make it big as an actor. Over the years, he has blamed his relationship problems on a difficult childhood, having been bullied and gotten a late-in-life Asperger’s diagnosis. Abigail’s mom is Anthony’s’ first wife, Petronella Barker. He once referred to Shirley MacLaine as “the most obnoxious actor” he ever worked with, and is famous for being blunt in interviews. Hopkins, who is twice divorced - and now married to a third wife, who has seemingly pushed him into ventures no one could have predicted - has never been known as warm and fuzzy. It’s not something she likes to talk about but you can tell it’s an ongoing struggle.” “She’s a sweet person who tries her best but there’s a lot of sadness to her,” a source close to her told The Post. The same goes for Abigail, who has said that, as a teen, she contemplated suicide because of her fractured relationship with her father. Sources close to Hopkins told The Post that Abigail, who is now 52 and a sometime actress and singer based in London, is a “complex and difficult” subject for him. Families split and, you know, ‘Get on with your life.’ People make choices. “I don’t have an idea,” Hopkins told Radio Times. In a 2018 interview, the actor was asked if he had grandchildren. In real life, Hopkins hasn’t seen his own daughter, Abigail - his only child - in more than 20 years. Critics have raved about his harrowing performance as a feisty, elderly Londoner succumbing to dementia while being cared for by his daughter, played by Olivia Colman. Hopkins, 83, is nominated for a Golden Globe for “The Father” and many expect him to get an Oscar nod. Lewis and Pope Benedict XVI in his storied, six-decade career.īut art doesn’t imitate life in his latest role. Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins is brilliant at playing real men: He’s stepped into the shoes of Richard Nixon, Alfred Hitchcock, Pablo Picasso, C.S. Jordan on his Navy SEAL training for ‘Without Remorse’
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |