On Mondaywhen everyone was busy watching the biggest award night of the entertainmentindustry someone was busy sleeping. Well, it was Anthony Hopkins who in a deepsleep when Joaquin Phoenix announced the Oscar award for the best actor in aleading role category for the film ‘the father’. Jeremy Barber the 83-year-oldactor’s long-time agent revealed this to People magazine. He also shared Hopkin’ssweet gesture upon receiving the award and creating history.
Jeremy said,“Tony was in wales, where he grew up and he was asleep at 4 in the morning whenI woke him up to tell him the news. He was so happy and so grateful”. Talking aboutAnthony Hopkins win, the moment was a historical one. Anthony is officially theoldest celebrity who not just was nominated but also has won an academy awardfor Best Actor. Hopkins has beaten Steven Yeun for Minari, Riz Ahmed for Soundof metal, Gary Oldman for Mank, and even the late actor Chadwick Boseman for MaRainey’s Black Bottom.
Meanwhiletalking about Hopkin’s other glorious Oscar history, the father actor has wontwo academy awards in total which includes the best actor Oscar for hisinimitable performance for the role of famous serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecterin ‘the silence of the lambs’. Anthony was also nominated in the best actorcategory at the Oscars for ‘the remains of the day and Nixon while owning othertwo 93rd academy award nominations in the supporting actor rolecategory for Amistad and the two popes.