won his second Best Actor Oscar. The film also starred Olivia Colman, who played Hopkins’ daughter as he tries to help him as he disintegrates from dementia.Hopkins famously won the golden statuette instead of the fan-favorite, Chadwick Boseman.
The “Black Panther” star died last August and was nominated for a posthumous Oscar for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”Hopkins remembered Boseman in his Oscars acceptance speech at the time.
While the Welsh actor wasn’t physically present at the ceremony, he shared a message, thanking the Academy for his award the following day.“Good morning.
Here I am in my homeland of Wales — and at 83-years-of-age I did not expect to get this award,” Hopkins said. “I really didn’t.
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