ANTHONY HOPKINS from TRAITOR to 'HANNIBAL'

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good to hear you now tell me I don't know how recently this happened he became a United States citizen how recently was that I lost April last April will good for you yeah yeah I have dual citizenship and there's a big surprise to some friends back home in England and that I did it but I they wished me luck and some of the good luck the press wasn't as friendly oh really the home president thought wonder why why II never uh yeah they called me a traitor and I said that's it that's pretty I didn't realize we were at war with America and and you're you're a citizen you're from Wales I'm familiar and and why I know you spend a lot of time in the United States certainly worked a lot in the United States and and what about it they made you decide that well this is what I should do what was behind the decision well at state you I came here 25 years ago and America has been good to me and I thought kind of symbolically it would be good for my I know so little peace of mind so I did it I applied and had to do a few tests what are the tests what is the nature of it so they asked you three very difficult questions who was the first president right United States who abolished slavery and now what else who's the president during Watergate so this really those are the three players yeah Wow they did ask me something about how many congressmen I mean I salute him as much as I could about civics and then forgot it all as soon as I got the test is there a written test is that what it is no just a vote and then what is the swearing-in ceremony where did it take place and what is it like well I was very fortunate because I went to a kind of prime I went to a private ceremony and and I don't know how that was arranged but Steven Spielberg turned up there he said he wanted to be there and he did and I was a citizen terrestrial but he Steven turned up and he brought his own little camera video camera and he filmed the ceremony oh that's nice and markovna my um well immigration by Al Stephens did you book do bar mitzvahs as well it was quite an honor to have Stephen there doing that and a few friends we had dinner afterwards and that was it so you look back on this is really a lovely day in your life I was a great day yeah well good I'll chew gum and I take photographs night Oakley it seemed like I don't know how long ago this was either when you were talking about you didn't want to act anymore you were gonna give up acting did you say that it was that they'd taken out of context or Mis quoted by the British press and what I said I wanted to rest and suddenly misquote and said I was retiring and they asked me about it they see you retiring I said no I'm taking a rest and that was it but it got in the paper that was retiring yeah I did use that year to take time out and it was I think the best thing I could have done because it gave me some perspective of world what I was doing is my life and then I made Hannibal as a comeback when I came back to the and in that year what kind of things did you do I drove around the country yeah I bought a house actually I bought a house up in Ojai and I walked her on this base and I thought this is the life in our big big Spanish hacienda I thought this is the life for me they're so big and it was very pleasant be there I was so lonely and I sit on the bar stool in the kitchen watching television every night I thought this doesn't fit me at all I sold it back to the previous owners for a lesser price there you go that's the American Way and I it was like what I'd said to the owners I said well you go away on holiday I put a fence up and I'll do this now then you can come back and have a cheaper yeah so but no regrets I tried it and it didn't work out and I moved back to kind of ads in Los Angeles have you have you been watching the survivor thing do you know anything about this no I never did what's that yeah [Applause] have you ever done any stuff like that do you do go out hiking in the wilderness or camping or kayaking or any of that I I was not freakin Tanzania that was scary I was at in the Serengeti for two weeks this is you were doing a documentary for the BBC is that what this was documentary for the BBC and we had this egghead from Cambridge University I can remember and it was complete fool he's because he was he had long legs nice jolly good show nice to walk around he didn't know what the hell he was doing yeah and we had a cameraman there and he said you know this man is nuts he said to me so this guy doesn't know what he's doing this cameraman had been this photographer had been out in the Serengeti for years and he knew about lions he said we were all sitting around a campfire at night and then these big hungry cats walking around and we could be dinner and so I remember going into the tent every night and I thought this is very strange way to make a you know to to sleep and sleeping under canvas and you could hear them just around the corner oh so you do you pray a lot just right that they're scary animals this experience generally you're not really drawn to it even under the proper snow so I was glad to get out to the place and I remember one day I had two that we found a lioness and beautiful animal and I um I was about a hundred yards away from and I looked at through these binoculars and she looked back at me Shona oh it's okay yes sir yes sir all right I tell you what stay right there and we'll continue visiting here with Anthony Hopkins come on back I just pull I don't know and tell me if this is true or not you were at a party last night is that true is any truth of that you're now enter and our drummer our percussionist Anton zip was there why what how does that happen that why I don't get the gate crashed the gate crashed yeah I know but I met him through a friend of mine they paid for my party okay thank you if you don't mind with your indulgence your patience tell us what we're looking at it's not entirely comprehensive but just kind of a snapshot of Goo Katherine happen myself the lion in winter to the Dalton and group fellas yeah I'm lining with a long time ago my god that's 35 years ago thank my god oh is that right south of France yeah 35 years ago 1968 long time for yeah pretty good man have the yellow watch then type of just come out of hospital this does it this doesn't even look like you this looks like a little like me in college oh that's me and that's that's magic that's me in power that's what I was saying seventy-eight what's a long time hey look it's Anthony Hopkins and Dave yeah no this looks pretty good this is your this is a big time thing oh that's that's me no it doesn't that's me no that's that's the elephant man that's John Gielgud right that's me and I didn't know who that is yeah what was it like working with the John Gielgud that's Leslie Dunlop Leslie Dunlop it was yes was what was it like working with Bill well John Gielgud was he I think he's fun I would guess he would have was absolutely marvelous because he didn't take seriously did he no no he um I said you liked filming he said I love with me make lot of money yeah and why not oh here's trouble look out get ready hang on I'll sound this is Mick Jagger yeah kill us to this right I didn't know that is yeah and what was the idea this was was this a like a futuristic it's a terrible film science most that this is pretty good this was pretty cool yeah the guy yeah remains of the day yeah Emma Thompson yep I saw her this morning she's coming to the premiere tonight she's had a haircut that was a lot of fun to do a lot of fun today yeah all right and at the premiere of the movies tonight on what can you tell us about this movie how is it it is this strictly speaking a sequel to the Silence of the Lambs sort of um they'll really see yes it is a secret it's another it's a based on another book that yeah it's a separate story I mean I don't see me munching on the dr. Chilton from the last one so I've gone to Florence and I've become how do you get out how does a guy like you get out and get to travel around he's very smart he's very clever huh it's just good to know so but in the movie somewhere did somebody say yeah I think he's okay now or is he still incarcerated he's not incarcerated I know yeah I just get a good - Florence and I become a curator of a museum right and nobody has done a background check on your anything so I'm a friendly guy and it's a fun fun let's take a look at the we got a clip here and it opens Friday this is Friday that's right you animal Anthony Hopkins take a look city city good to see again mistake so much good luck with them I know you have to run you're having dinner with your good friend Anton zip have a nice evening Thank You Anthony Hopkins let it get in the back [Applause]

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Published: Wed Dec 27 2017