Anthony Hopkins ranks as one of the most versatile and challenging actors of our time. Born in Wales in 1937, the son of a baker, Hopkins was a misfit growing up. This book details his difficulties—he failed at school, immersing himself in various forms of art rather than his studies; he later walked out on the National Theatre; and he lost himself in years of alcohol abuse. But these events now seen worlds away from the spectacular success Hopkins has gone on to achieve. Over the years he has won a multitude of awards, including an Oscar and, in 1993, a knighthood. This intimate biography of Hopkins is a penetrating study of obsession and ambition that is destined to rank as the definitive work on an important cultural icon.
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Michael Feeney Callan is the author of Anthony Hopkins: A Three-Act Life, Richard Harris, and Sean Connery.
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Good research and background details, but bogged down in several spots for me. A bit wordy, didn't find any additioanal personal insights than other previous works.
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It was, then, the last great gasp of Arthurian Wales, a proud place descended from the Silures and the Romans, who laid the ground plan that lasted till the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Peta Barker, Old Vic, The Silence of the Lambs, Richard Burton, Simon Ward, Great Britain, Tony Crawley, The Bounty, Port Talbot, Brian Evans, Red Dragon, The Elephant Man, Tony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Royal Court, David Scase, Adrian Reynolds, Hannibal Lecter, John Dexter, Executive Producer, Ronald Pickup, Old Dick, National Theatre, Peter Gill Browse Sample Pages:
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