Anthony Hopkins says Marvel green screen acting was “pointless”

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Anthony Hopkins about acting in a Marvel film have resurfaced online this week.Back in 2021, Hopkins told The New Yorker that the green screen work that was a part of the filming experience was “pointless”.The Welsh actor first joined the Marvel world via Thor, first appearing in Kenneth Branagh’s directed movie in 2011.Playing Odin, the father of the titular character (who is portrayed by Chris Hemsworth), he also appeared in 2013’s Thor: The Dark World and 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok.Speaking about his time in the Marvel films, Hopkins said: “They put me in armour; they shoved a beard on me.

Sit on the throne; shout a bit. If you’re sitting in front of a green screen, it’s pointless acting it.”Now, fans have been reacting to the comments online with some saying that they’re “with Sir Anthony and [Martin] Scorsese” on this (who as also criticised the Marvel movies in the past).In 2019, Scorsese said films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe were “not cinema”.

The director later expanded upon his criticism in an article for The New York Times, where he highlighted their negative impact on the exhibition of non-franchise films.Another fan joked “Well I don’t think the lead role would have worked for him,” while one fan said Hopkins starring in the film was like “Einstein doing arithmetic.”You can see some more of the reactions below.And yet he gave one of the best line deliveries in the MCU pic.twitter.com/aYukORtqL7— butter boy lives a tortured existence (@nic_the_buttery) June 6, 2023You know what?