Richard Burton's blunt put down of Anthony Hopkins years before Oscar win: 'Not Welshman!'
msn.comJUST IN: Elizabeth Taylor: Furious husband almost shot star over torrid affair"I remember knocking on the door and this lady came and I said 'Hello, can I have Richard Burton's autograph?' 'Oh, you're Dick Hopkins son aren't you?'"So I went down the passageway and heard this 'bzz' and there was Richard Burton, shaving with an electric razor, and he had a T-shirt on and blazing blue eyes. "Hopkins recalled Burton asking him if he spoke Welsh, to which he replied no, leaving the legend to declare: "Then you're not a true Welshman. "He continued: "[Burton] looked through me with those eyes and his wife, Sybil, who was eating breakfast, said 'Oh, come on Richard, just sign the autograph'. DON'T MISS:Mascot dog laid to rest by soldier pallbearers as hundreds mourn [ANALYSIS]Joanna Lumley speaks out on co-star Dan Burton's tragic death [LATEST]Bond: Michael Caine to Richard Burton: Nine actors who turned down 007 [INSIGHT]"Then he said 'We're going to the rugby match in Cardiff', 'Oh yes?' I said, 'What match is that?'"He said, 'What do you mean what match?
Don't you know that Wales are playing France? You're really not a true Welshman!'"So, he signed the autograph and I walked back out of the house and back to my father's shop, and as I was walking down the hill, his grey Jaguar went past - to see a Jaguar in Port Talbot in 1955 was something. "And Richard and Sybil were inside, and Sybil waved at me and Richard looked at me and I looked back at him, our eyes met and I thought 'One day, I want to be like that'. "Both men make up half of an unprecedented set of actors from Port Talbot, which includes Michael Sheen and Rob Brydon.
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