"What's the weather like over there? asks Anthony Hopkins as soon as our video call begins. He may have lived in California for decades but some Welshness remains, in his distinctive, mellifluous voice perhaps a little hoarser than it once was and his preoccupation with the climate. It's a dark evening in London but a bright, sunny morning in Los Angeles, and Hopkins is equally bright in demeanour and attire, sporting a turquoise and green shirt."
"In January this year, Hopkins' house in Pacific Palisades was destroyed by the wildfires. It was a bit of a calamity, he says, with almost cheerful understatement. We're thankful that no one was hurt, and we got our cats and our little family into the clear. He wasn't there at the time; he and his wife, Stella, were in Saudi Arabia, where he was hosting a concert of his own music played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra."
Anthony Hopkins lives in Los Angeles but retains Welsh characteristics in voice and climate preoccupation. He moved to California 50 years ago and enjoys the warmer weather. His Pacific Palisades house was destroyed by the January wildfires; he and his wife were in Saudi Arabia hosting a concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and escaped unharmed with their cats. They are now renting in Brentwood. Hopkins expressed sympathy for older victims who lost everything. He will be 88 in December and continues a busy professional life, finishing a film with Guy Ritchie and planning a new movie with Richard Eyre.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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