The award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins spoke once again about his bad experience in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, twelve years after the first ‘Thor’ film. It is noted that he played Odin in 2011, in 2013 in “Thor: The Dark World” and in 2017 in “Thor: Ragnarok”.

They put armor on me, put a beard on me. To sit on the throne… to shout a littleHopkins said in an interview with The New Yorker just weeks after a first look at the actor as Vespasian for the new series Those About To Die surfaced. He added: “If you’re sitting in front of a green screen, there’s no point in acting».

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However, Hopkins previously revealed in the book “The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe”coming out in 2021, that “Thor” director Kenneth Branagh gave him the encouragement he needed to pursue acting.

It gave me the guts to work again. I was ready to give up, really. But you see, Branagh won’t let you do that.” said the star. “The collaboration was an injection of new energy into my life. He seems to have the same contagious quality to everyone in the crew. His enthusiasm, his attitude, is so positive, he brings out the best in everyone“, he revealed.

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