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Anthony Hopkins joins cast of Peacock drama Those About To Die based on book that inspired Gladiator
Sir Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast of the upcoming Peacock series Those About To Die based on the book that inspired the 2000 movie Gladiator.The 84-year-old Welsh actor will portray Emperor Vespasian in the epic period drama by German director Roland Emmerich, 67, according to an article on Wednesday by Deadline.The series was inspired Daniel P. Mannix's 1958 book Those About To Die that also was the inspiration for the Gladiator film starring Russell Crowe, 58, as Maximus.
