Anthony Hopkins Joins Thor
Fri, October 30, 2009 
Don’t know how accurate these claims are. But you’ve probably read around how Anthony Hopkins was offered the role of Alfred in Batman Begins…and subsequently shot down the offer. If that’s true, you gotta know he’s been kicking himself ever since. Certainly explains this news-item.
Variety reports the British thesp has joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. He’ll play Odin, king of Asgard and big-daddy to our hero (played by Star Trek’s Chris Hemsworth) and baddie Loki (Tom Hiddelston).
Reminds me of how Sean Connery was offered Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but turned it down because “he didn’t understand it.” Then he was offered a role in The Matrix and again said, “No thanks!” citing his lack of “understanding” the story. Cut to both properties becoming blockbuster phenomenons. So when the producers of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen came to our favorite woman-smacking 007, he still didn’t “get” it. But he wasn’t going to pass up such an opportunity for a third time. Yeah…that worked out well.
Reader Comments (1)
this is fantastic news. there is no way that Hopkins would give a bad performance