Sir Antony Hopkins made headlines in April after he failed to show up at The Oscars to collect the Best Actor gong he was awarded for his appearance in The Father.
But speaking on Lorraine on Tuesday, the iconic actor, 83, revealed that he didn t expect to win, explaining: The contender was Chadwick Boseman, so I went to bed.
Appearing alongside The Father director Florian Zeller, the screen star continued: Well what happened very briefly: I didn t expect to get it, at all. My phone went, and it was a text from my agent saying you ve won the Oscar at about 5 o clock in the morning.
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According to an
Express article, Jenni dropped Anthony at the front door of his house, and moments later, he walked out on his wife and baby.
Later, he started dating Jenni and they eventually married. She’s credited with helping him give up drinking.
But it was a bitter break-up between Anthony and Petronella, and Abigail grew up barely seeing her famous father.
She says she has no real memories of life as a family. I would see him, but maybe once a year,” she told
She describes herself as “a little solitary” as a child.
Music meant a lot to her, and at first, she learnt piano, like her father had.
Does Anthony Hopkins agony over 20-year rift with daughter lie behind his most powerful role for years? Actor s raw portrayal of dementia-stricken man in The Father sparks questions
Anthony Hopkins plays opposite Olivia Colman in the £18m drama, which critics have likened to a horror film
The 82-year-old actor has often spoken about drawing on his own family history to infuse his best-known roles
But this performance as an embattled father raging against his offspring is, perhaps, his most poignant
Hopkins has been estranged from his own daughter Abigail, a 52-year-old singer, for more than two decades