![]() After all, not just anyone gets to go on Jimmy Kimmel Live and tell the story about how they made an audience member fear for their life. This showed in his decades long run of good fortune, which saw him playing some impressive parts in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Legends of the Fall, and most recently as a part of HBO's television remake of Westworld. While Anthony Hopkins still had a pretty storied career before The Silence of the Lambs, what with films like The Elephant Man and Magic procuring him some fantastic notices on top of his career as a classically trained stage actor, it was Hannibal Lecter that made him an actor that Hollywood needed to keep employed. Anthony Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading role for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. If that moviegoer saw that same look of glee on Hopkins' face that he uses while recounting this story on Jimmy Kimmel Live, they'd probably start to laugh in a very relieved manner. But even that experience would pale in comparison to seeing Sir Anthony Hopkins sitting behind you, potentially just moments after you've seen him mutilate a guard and steal his face to make an escape attempt. It's akin to going to a Friday the 13th screening, and joking that Jason is waiting in the audience, only for Kane Hodder to be sitting right behind you, hockey mask and all. ![]() Now that has to be one of the funniest, but also one of the creepiest, ways that fate has called out someone on an off-handed joke. And someone in front of me said, 'It's a blackout, I think Hannibal Lector's at the theater!' She turned around and said, 'Oh my God he is!' Then, the lights went out there was a big storm. I was doing a film and someone said, 'Would you come to the theater with me?' So I went and I hid in the back. The other acting winners at this year’s ceremony included Frances McDormand ( Nomadland), Yuh-Jung Youn ( Minari), and Daniel Kaluuya ( Judas and the Black Messiah).I saw Silence of the Lambs in Atlantic City years ago, and with an audience, but nobody knew I was there. Hopkins has been nominated for six acting statuettes over the years, and now counts two best-actor statuettes among his roster of trophies. The legendary actor’s Oscar win also should not be too surprising to longtime awards-season pundits, as he’s long been an Academy favorite. “I’m not going to be ultra-modest about this: You have to know how to turn on that electricity,” he said, he told The New York Times last November. The elder statesman kept a relatively low profile this awards season, skipping most events and doing fairly little press for his critically acclaimed role-which, according to him, was a fairly easy performance to turn in. Still, Hopkins’s Oscar win was preceded by stellar reviews, as well as wins at the BAFTAs and other awards ceremonies. However, as awards season went on, he was gradually eclipsed by the late Boseman, who began earning acclaim for his swan song portrayal of a doomed cornet player in Netflix’s adaptation of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by George C. The 83-year-old actor, who is now reportedly the oldest best-actor winner in Oscar history, was an early front-runner in the category. Hopkins won the statuette over Chadwick Boseman ( Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Riz Ahmed ( Sound of Metal), Gary Oldman ( Mank), and Steven Yeun ( Minari). The Silence of the Lambs shot in Philadelphia. The best-actor category was the last award of the night, capping a highly untraditional Oscar ceremony. Hopkins stayed in character between takes. Hopkins was not in attendance at the ceremony, so presenter Joaquin Phoenix, who won the same award in 2020, quickly accepted the award on his behalf. Beatrice Straight is second place, she won Best Supporting Actress for Network in 1976 for about 10 minutes of screen time. The actor, who previously won an Oscar in 1992 for his portrayal of the cannibalistic Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, won for his portrayal of a man dealing with dementia in The Father. Foster began filming first, shooting some of the early montages in the film with her FBI colleagues. Although Hopkins and Fosters prison-cell conversations are among the most iconic in the film, they dont actually share much screen time. Anthony Hopkins pulled a surprise win at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, picking up the statuette for best actor. Hopkins stayed in character between takes The Silence of the Lambs shot in Philadelphia.
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