Anthony Hopkins on MCU ‘Thor’ Roles: ‘If You’re Sitting in Front of a Green Screen, It’s Pointless Acting It’

Anthony Hopkins doesn’t feel the need to go Method in Marvel films.The “Silence of the Lambs” Oscar winner told The New Yorker that appearing in Marvel films “Thor,” “Thor: The Dark World,” and “Thor: Ragnarok” had a “pointless” approach to acting due to the green screen CGI-heavy superhero films.“They put me in armor; they shoved a beard on me,” Hopkins recalled.

“Sit on the throne, shout a bit.

If you’re sitting in front of a green screen, it’s pointless acting it.”“Thor: Love and Thunder” actor (and fellow Academy Award winner) Christian Bale previously said it would be a “pitiful attempt” to apply classical acting techniques to play an MCU villain.“That would’ve been a pitiful attempt to do that, as I’m trying to get help getting the fangs in and out and explaining I’ve broken a nail, or I’m tripping over the tunic,…

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