Sir Anthony Hopkins played a fiendish prank on a group of homeless men during a Silence Of The Lambs screening - by spooking them with a reprisal of his role as Hannibal Lecter.
The Welsh star won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 for his chilling portrayal of the flesh-eating serial killer in the hit 1991 thriller.
He later battled booze demons and took on voluntary work at Los Angeles-based homeless charity Midnight Mission in 2002 after the organisation's managing director, Clancy Imislund, urged Hopkins to help others as part of his recovery.
And Imislund reveals the fun-loving actor once played a creepy practical joke during one of the charity's regular movie nights.
Imislund says, "It's funny. We have film nights here and one time we showed Silence of the Lambs. So as a surprise I asked Tony to come down and tap a few people on the shoulder at the end and say 'Hello' in that voice he does.
"You should have seen their faces. They were like, 'Arrggh!' He got a real kick out of that."...
The Welsh star won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 for his chilling portrayal of the flesh-eating serial killer in the hit 1991 thriller.
He later battled booze demons and took on voluntary work at Los Angeles-based homeless charity Midnight Mission in 2002 after the organisation's managing director, Clancy Imislund, urged Hopkins to help others as part of his recovery.
And Imislund reveals the fun-loving actor once played a creepy practical joke during one of the charity's regular movie nights.
Imislund says, "It's funny. We have film nights here and one time we showed Silence of the Lambs. So as a surprise I asked Tony to come down and tap a few people on the shoulder at the end and say 'Hello' in that voice he does.
"You should have seen their faces. They were like, 'Arrggh!' He got a real kick out of that."...
- 5/10/2010
- WENN
London, May 10 – The man who helped save Sir Anthony Hopkins battle his booze nightmare has revealed how he came to the star’s rescue.
Clancy Imislund, a former alcoholic who helps the homeless battle their addictions in Los Angeles, has spoken of how he came to the Oscar-winning actor’s aid when he was still coming to terms with life without alcohol after quitting the bottle in the mid-Seventies.
“I knew he was an actor but he wasn’t as big then as he is now. I’d just been straight a lot longer than him and decided I’d teach him the little technical things.
Clancy Imislund, a former alcoholic who helps the homeless battle their addictions in Los Angeles, has spoken of how he came to the Oscar-winning actor’s aid when he was still coming to terms with life without alcohol after quitting the bottle in the mid-Seventies.
“I knew he was an actor but he wasn’t as big then as he is now. I’d just been straight a lot longer than him and decided I’d teach him the little technical things.
- 5/10/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Sir Anthony Hopkins is to be honoured by the homeless charity he once turned to for help.
The Silence of the Lambs star became a committed volunteer for Los Angeles' Midnight Mission eight years ago after the organisation's managing director, Clancy Imislund, urged the actor to get involved and help others as part of his recovery from alcoholism.
Hopkins says, "I could have been homeless."
He now gives regular acting lessons to the homeless on Skid Row in Los Angeles and fronts campaigns for the charity. He also hands out gifts to homeless children every Christmas morning.
Paying tribute to Hopkins and saluting the work of the charity at the 10 May gala will be Robert Downey, Jr. and Andy Garcia.
The Silence of the Lambs star became a committed volunteer for Los Angeles' Midnight Mission eight years ago after the organisation's managing director, Clancy Imislund, urged the actor to get involved and help others as part of his recovery from alcoholism.
Hopkins says, "I could have been homeless."
He now gives regular acting lessons to the homeless on Skid Row in Los Angeles and fronts campaigns for the charity. He also hands out gifts to homeless children every Christmas morning.
Paying tribute to Hopkins and saluting the work of the charity at the 10 May gala will be Robert Downey, Jr. and Andy Garcia.
- 5/5/2010
- WENN
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