Why Playing Dementia Was Easy for Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Father’ (Video)
Also Read: 'The Father' Starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics Ahead of SundanceBut if the character, who is named Anthony, spends the movie very confused, the actor Anthony was not — and he said playing that confusion was a delight. “The script was so attractive, so magnetic, condensed, to the point,” Hopkins said.