Martha Stewart says she dumped Anthony Hopkins as she couldn’t stop thinking of Hannibal Lecter
2 years, 11 months ago

Martha Stewart says she dumped Anthony Hopkins as she couldn’t stop thinking of Hannibal Lecter

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Martha Stewart has revealed she dumped Anthony Hopkins because she couldn’t separate him from a film role. However, she broke up with the actor after seeing his Oscar-winning role in The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme’s 1991 horror thriller in which Hopkins plays convicted cannibal Dr Hannibal Lecter. When DeGeneres asked Stewart if she “stopped because of that”, she replied: “Yeah.” Hopkins returned to the play Lecter in Ridley Scott’s Hannibal and prequel Red Dragon, which was directed by Brett Ratner. Anthony Hopkins as Dr Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ The actor, who won a second Oscar for The Father in 2021, has been married three times.

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