Westworld: What Makes Anthony Hopkins Great 

o know right!? It's like watching Don Corleone speaking

I sure enjoyed the time when he said he ate some liver with fava beans. Paired it with a nice Chianti, apparently.

I always imagine it going: "You know, boy. Donuts aren't just food you eat some time some day, but are a work of art."

Haha, so true!

I am quite sure sir that you are referring to his King Lear ;)

In a way this was more brutal than the straight out gorey killings

The chick also played the scene perfectly

The eye candy is to bring in the masses. The dialogue is to tell the story.

+t500010000 That is Sidse Babett Knudsen. She is "... a Danish actress who works in theater, television, and film." I haven't heard of her before, but she's got about a dozen acting award wins, and an Emmy nomination. You've got to have skill to hold a 1 on 1 scene with someone like Hopkins.

DrSmokeTrees have always heard that the ones who do theatre are just better actors.

What did you think of Anthony in Transformers the Last Knight

@@BigBrotherMars He was amazing, even oin that movie

I was hoping for the last season to have him in it. That would have been great

Agree Season 2 lost its intrigue.

That is not an unpopular opinion at all, in fact the show's ratings would seem to agree with it very much. A lesser actor playing the role of Ford would have resulted in a significantly inferior show (although Evan Rachel Wood and Thandie Newton were also standouts.)

Some would argue that God and the Devil are the same. Such an amazing character.

@@DiggitySchwag as said in the show “ there was only ever, the devil. And when you look up from the bottom, it was just his reflection... laughing back down at you.”

God and the devil wrapped into one. So basically Old Testament God. Which is even more appropriate as Westworld is essentially a story of Genesis.

although see the interesting thing is, I'd kind of gotten bummed the last few years that much like other old revered greats like Deniro, Pacino, etc, Hopkins had gotten to the point where he'd become much less discerning in his choices and was seemingly sleep walking thru all too many paycheck movies. Then when I first saw the footage for Westworld those several months ago, I got giddy thinking "okay well at the very least, Anthony Hopkins most definitely cares and is bringing some serious A-game again, finally"

I've heard him say in a couple interviews that it is increasingly hard for him to find good roles. So its pretty cool that he got such a good role, one that really lets him perfect his craft

There is a science to an every art form.

And he didn't even get an emmy. Or a nomination if i am not mistaken. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuull-sh*t

*science

Is he never not a good casting choice? He could play Queen Elizabeth II, and it would be a good choice

@@mac4951 lmao ! Too true

Hopkins was great as Hannibal, but he is rubbish in everything else. He overplays his voice to the point that he irritatingly emphasises the last syllable of most words e.g. 'Lawrenceeeeee, Beastssssss.'

@@jackgreen5627 You're the only person on the planet with that opinion.

@@burtonboard44 That doesn't make me wrong. His backwards stutter was endearing as Hannibal e.g. 'Claricceeeeee.' But It is simply irritating and overdone in everything else. 'Mankind lies between Gods and Beastsssssssss, Lawrenceeee.'

Yes yes yes!

Oh God yesss!!! He sparkles in that movie 🎥

That acting was top-notch.

We really need a follow-up. Sir Hopkins delivered his best performance in The Father and he bagged another Oscar to it.

Some god tier acting he did

I've have noticed this trait before but just thought it was a thing the he did sub consciously, like a tic or mannerism, never thought about it as a trademark, the cold eyed smile on the other hand, 100% classic Hopkins of course.

"Ah. That is the Duomo, seen from the Belvedere... You know Florence?"

Subtle*

Yes! That was the best scene I've seen in years. Two legends creating magic. A true masterclass in acting.

I forgot TEDDY, Teddy Too....hahahaahaaha!!!

Poor Teddy...

Excellent suggestion.

You got that right! Those two knocked it out of the park!

but then again, he might top that on next week's episode anyway.

DR. Frankenstein

DR. Frankenstein

The “Peacock Feather’s” monologue may be my favorite monologue ever. I was hoping that is what he would be discussing.

Watching this after season 3, it has even a deeper meaning than you thought

@@Arian6XO and what is that?? Because season 3 was garbage

I think season 3 was powerful in its own right. But a focal point 'Ford' was missing.

@@mahidikablahni6417 it wasn't tho

@@mahidikablahni6417 you should rewatch it until your tiny mind can understand it

It is in fact Nolan the creator of the show. Jonathan Nolan, but a Nolan, nonetheless.

Season 2 was still good, but it didn’t come close to the brilliance of season 1.

AK for HBO west world is like a favorite child for both parents This show got something mysterious intriguing like is something so real and so close to our minds and far from our hearts and at the end the breakdown ......! A master piece!

Have you watched the first season True Detective?

After this "Westworld" season 1, I kinda came to believe Jonathan Nolan is ahead of Christopher. 🤯 Btw, if you see in the credits at most of Christopher's movies, Jonathan often appears as writer aside of Christopher himself. After Westworld, I think it's no coincidence.

You certainly should. Surprisingly, as good as Hopkins is, he's not even the most impressing actor in the series.

ydin9 this show is amazing. They have finally started getting darker too and it feels good to see this change of pace early on in a show. Jimmi Simpson is amazing too! But Hopkins steals every damn scene he's in!

Mixed reviews it is then.

WhudUP Do Breaking Bad? Its story telling and its not fit for u. Suck it up and don't say anything like "why would anyone..."

It's a sweet show. Just hop onto the hypetrain!

wait till you see him in new Transformers movie!! Oscar!! XD XD

There’s been one season (so far) without him....

Second season had MIB but third season he became some mental depressed dude who works everyday

+1

@callmecatalyst Stopped watching the third after a few episodes. It's so bad it betrays the masterpiece this show once was

He was Knighted for a reason hences "Sir"

+Michael Wiswell Yes, this is exactly what he meant.

I was thinking Tyrion.

More Dangerous than Tywin...

That's the funny thing about this series though. We don't know yet. We don't know if Hopkins' character is a psychopath with a god complex or is he part of something greater that we can't see yet because we're still trapped in this microcosm.. almost tunnel vision like presentation. We've already seen him have more of a connection with the hosts and seem cold to his colleagues like how he described the mystery man "Arnold". Either way it's too early to call.

Thomas Christopher White Still... I remember the moment when I noticed he wears a black hat. That can't be an accident.

he know hwat bernard was, of course, cuz he made him

Bitanga Yves I was talking about Hopkins, the actor, knowing what Bernard is, not Ford the character. Sometimes the actor doesn't always know the big plot twists before the day of filming those particular scenes to avoid accidental spoilers.

We have to consider that Theresa had a few conversations prior to this one in which she literally slayed all those who tried to refute her. So this conversation has even more impact, cause in this scene we actually feel the magnificent power Ford has.

I remember reading somewhere that the director gave the entire script to Hopkins so he could better portray the character. So yes, he did know everything way before everyone else did.

How could he not know, Bernard was designed to look like Arnold.

KinkiSnowman It's unbelievably great.

This year was great. First "The People vs OJ Simpson", "The Night off", "Strangers Things", "Luke Cage".....This was a remarcable year.

KinkiSnowman Preach

begins great but end so-so

It hasn't ended yet....

I wish I could have won an award for writing it .

Those idiots wouldn't see greatness if it was the only thing they were allowed to see. How could they see it? After all this show is basically condemning them. They are the moneymen Ford is talking about.

Hopkins was great as Hannibal, but he is rubbish in everything else. He overplays his voice to the point that he irritatingly emphasises the last syllable of most words e.g. 'Lawrenceeeeee, Beastssssss.'

GravityTricks yeah that would be awesome!

Are you friends with him?

Jack Windrammer Why yes, indeed! I'll show him the video on Saturday, when our weekly Tea takes place.

ahhaha made my day

Hopkins here. Yeah! It´s true. I am flattered and impressed. Hey Nerdwriter, good job!

Absolutely, amazing explanation, huge amount of information delivered very clear and timely.

Sampson Simon was just practicing his lines and how I’d say. He’s so freaking impressive it’s insane !

I thought this to myself

You did -girl! you did! I grew up with NO RU-vid -be young -Have fun! #AppropriateThaKnowledge

YOU'RE CRAZY

HBO is lucky to acquire this show. Same as game of thrones that's a book adaptation m

I appreciate them both for different reasons. They stand on their own.

Not crazy at all. I would perhaps argue your point in regards to early seasons of GoT, but now, Westworld is certainly higher quality TV series. Unfortunately GoT still gets people in with crazy huge scenes and the fact the story is about to end. Still, I prefer Westworld over GoT.

One is spectacle, the other spectacular

The show (maybe just the first two seasons) is better with each subsequent watch. You pick up on more and more details and place yourself in different characters' shoes every time.

it does ....I still can't believe that ANTHONY FUCKING HOPKINS is on screen.

Breaking Banter He won an oscar for only 18 min at screen in a 2h15 movie, He don't need an Emmy !

Which movie was that?

The Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal

I was in awe in that scene, Westworld already delivered a few of my all time prefered scenes in tv and movies. Hopkins is fantastic, and I love watching him in the show.

It is kind of hard to get work in hollywood at a certain age especially if you have some standards. Or you can just do it like DeNiro and take shitty comedic roles.

Max We de niros decline is something to behold, that granpa movie... vile stuff

Film career dead? He's made some 10 movies in the last two years alone. They may not all be box office smash hits, but he's certainly kept himself busy. Of course, he's an old man now, so anything can happen at his age, which hopefully doesn't for a long time, but i'm sure you get the point.

AdjutantReflex I said his career seems minor, and thats a a fair assessment IMO, particularly compared to what he used to do. Morgan freeman is also an old man but he still gets better roles than mr hopkins

Hilarious.

Catalin Dinca it’s lines like that, that makes the twist that much sweeter.

"A very ... sensitive disposition" indeed.

Episode 7 where it happens, right? Man, my jaw was on the fucking floor. I thought it would end with a cliffhanger - nope.

He literally told her everything

Also I really loved this scene

wait for red dead, then you will be living it!!!

Yeah, as long as they stick the landing of this season, I except it will be another "A+" series for HBO, at least get some Emmy noms, and probably stick around for 3-5 years.

DrSmokeTrees I hope I can just watch the first season and be done with it, so I I'm not around if the show becomes meh

the best show this year

gtp tone it down big fella

Yeeeeeeeesssss! I don't even like westerns, but a few episodes in, I realized that Westworld has nothing to do with westerns.

ro pro '

Machinist For me, it was the exact opposite. It started off as an intriguing, yet straightforward show, then it threw me into a layered, complex viewing experience that left me perplexed until the very end. What a show!

garner montgomery Haha, true. After binge watching the series, I checked out a few Westworld analysis videos on RU-vid, only to realize that there were about 100 layers that I wasn't even aware of! :)

Then, what you just said would just be a programmed line they created for you.

Thanos 😂

But in reality they are never that way. It's the existence of an imbalance that brings the forces into existence that are trying to restore it.

I rarely enjoy comments, but this one does put a smile on my face.

Ford created Thanos

Varun Saxena I thought exactly the same

Ho. Ly. Shit.

Thank. You. Sir. Wow.

Wow this show is great. Will definitely re-watch.

That, and Hopkins saying "it's always been me, just me," last episode pretty much prove it :)

What the fuck?

so you like westworld,nerd writer and thomas the tank engine.....we could be friends.

+Thomas The Fap Engine not as much as i like the nutshack theme.

Indeed. I'm very thankful for this "eye-opening work". I did not pay attention to all those details before. It just make that show even better. Very well done.

Nixyca

Ya Ya Ya

Nice catch.

I hadn't seen that! It's incredible...

AdrianEVH96 I dont think thats important to the scene, since he did it really obviously before, when he freezes the snake in the desert (with the young boy host) and makes it slither away with hand gestures.

Oh wow, i would never have caught that. thanks!

dylan hough, maybe it's not that important to the scene. But it's a nice touch that they included it, particularly since it happens at the border of the shot. The actor (Hopkins) has been concentrating so much on his facial expressions (the focus) for the whole scene, but didn't forget the rest of his body language...

Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Patrick Stewart, Sidney Portier, Sir Rowan Atkinson and I can continue. ONE of the greatest, not the single greatest, there is no such thing.

@@OriginalPuro Anthony Hopkins is better than all of them

​@@OriginalPurohow can you forgot Robert de Niro?

@@JoaoMASilva I loved his work in Jack and Jill.

He's completely wonderful isn't he... Totally believable, and contained acting.

Have you heard of a show called 'Lie to Me'? Methinks you'd like it.

Edward Gil dumbledore dies

It gets better.

Sadly, he's in the new transformer movie in 2017.

Carlos Noriega ik lol

GOT went to shit since they overtook the source material

When I first saw that scene, it literally sent chills up my spine. How Hopkins can be so friggin' menacing with just a smile is awe inspiring. The man deserves every accolade and award he's ever gotten, and then some. We're 5 episodes in at this point, and clearly just getting started. I highly recommend watching it, even if you have to pay for it. :-)

I found video quite interesting in how much thought is put into his performances and different emotions. The way it is underplayed and subtle is great acting.

Chris Frain 4 5yyy7

Kojima was referring to a different scene in episode 2, that scene gave me chills and gave me a little more idea on how Kojima makes his games. But still, every scene in Westworld with Anthony Hopkins in it is epic imo.

He's a legend.

Hopkins was great as Hannibal, but he is rubbish in everything else. He overplays his voice to the point that he irritatingly emphasises the last syllable of most words e.g. 'Lawrenceeeeee, Beastssssss.'

Jack Green You’ve clearly never seen The Remains of the day, idiot.

@@jackgreen5627 shut up.

@@jackgreen5627 what the fuck??????

Totally agree! Mr. +Nerdwriter1, would you consider doing an analysis for Ed Harris?

One of the reasons is that most people don't know how to portray character, let alone in a horror show. Mads Mikelsen does it very well in Hannibal, with a level of subtlety I find nearly comparable to Hopkins own here. It was interesting for me to see how his performance elevated a trite character like the villain in Dr. Strange - fun film, but, as usual with Marvel, weak villain, and not even a good actor like Mads could improve on the character very much, mainly because the writers of that movie didn't at all care for subtlety and depth. As for this scene, another interesting detail is that Ford, of course, chose the place and table not only as a display of power and control to Theresa, but also to show how little he cares for her. SPOILER And the quality of the writing is also shown in the foreshadowing of "be careful with Barnard" - excellent use of double meaning.

Megalomaniac

Jackhammer007 don’t want to be hater, but there are shows with much better casting than westworld

Oh I'm sure "breaking bad" is on the top of his meme list.

Anthony Hopkins steals the show for sure.

Indeed, hopefully they won't do the same mistake on Westworld, I would be quite happy with just the one season.

"Quit while you're ahead" doesn't really fit into corporate mindset. :/ But we can still hope.

HBO generally doesn't run shows longer than they need to be.

Mike Hunt True sadly; we never got a 3rd season to Deadwood :(

it got gore sure but its not torture porn in any way it just as gory as it has been since season 3

Yes, its like feeling the same, as a person that says that words, in real life people act just the same, when they have equal emotion on equal position, thats the thing. Its not like he is changing his smiles on purpouse 10 times in 1 scene in front of a mirror, he just lets emotions go, and he is good at it.

A good actor becomes the person they're portraying so you're right, his expressions come naturally

Cobbsta As an actor I can confirm that, I personally don't need to think that much about what my face does or what kind of emotion its showing, it just comes naturally.

No, it's not a conscious thing, certainly. But that's not what this video is about. It's taking a magnifying lens to a wonderful performance & picking it apart to show how great it is. It's a love letter to great acting, not a how to.

Maybe the fact that actors try to let things come to them naturally is why so few are as good as Anthony Hopkins.

Well spotted!

Hes letting her know that he knows about their little game.

I noticed this and it’s crazy that we just brush over this information when watching the first time round

Wait until you realize this show is about modern humans except that the creators of the Hosts(Us) are Extra Terrestrials................

Watching this after watching season 3 is funny. Everything Ford says now has even more depth to it

2020 and I'm back again

Ditto

hey boss!

@@dantheman7483 o/

This is a good video but mostly bullshit. Hopkins has shared in interviews that he had zero insight into the overall story in westworld so how could he convey these emotions without knowing the story?

Well said!

I liked that scene better too because Sir Anthony had someone opposite who could match him. Ed Harris might not be as good as Sir Anthony but then who is, but he does a superb job keeping up with Sir Anthony thus elevating that encounter to awesomeness. The actress in this scene had nothing to do really other than look scared and smoke and even if she wanted to she doesn't got it.

Mirthula Govindaraj then I suggest you watch Danish political drama Borgen. This actress is beyond fantastic and was cast for this very reason.