Breaking Baz At TIFF: How Anthony Hopkins & Johnny Flynn Worked Together On ‘One Life’ To Create Portrait Of The Man Who Saved Hundreds Of Lives
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Johnny Flynn spent several days studying Anthony Hopkins’ every gesture on the set of the film One Life, in which both portray the same man, Sir Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, a London stockbroker responsible for helping 669 children flee to safety from the Nazis in World War II.
Hopkins plays Winton in the later years of Winton’s life, at a time when he was gripped by guilt because of the children he wasn’t able to save.
With help from his mother and other volunteers, Sir Nicholas persuaded British officials to allow Czech children into the UK, including finding them foster families.
Director James Hawes explained how he filmed all of Hopkins’ scenes in one batch for the See-Saw Films, BBC Films and MBK production. “We shot Tony’s 15 days first, and Johnny came to the set on a number of those days and watched Tony’s performance so that he could start to pitch towards that,” Hawes told me.
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