Lo mlingisi ugqame kulo nyaka wobhubhane kanye nokuvaleleka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ngaphezu kokwethula isiqholo sakhe.

In izinsuku ezimbalwa, uzohlanganisa iminyaka engu-83, kuyoba ngoDisemba 31. Kodwa siyethemba ukuthi kuzoba njalo Anthony Hopkins isikhathi eside esizayo, futhi akukhona nje ukumjabulela ngenxa yemidlalo angasilethela yona. Ifilimu yakhe entsha Ubaba, kanye Olivia Colman, iwine Umklomelo Wezithameli e-San Sebastián futhi ivulwa emasinema wethu ngalo mhla zingama-23 kuZibandlela. NgoKhisimusi odlule siphinde sathola i-The Two Papas evela ku-Netflix, kanye no-Jonathan Pryce, futhi samzuzela ukuqokwa njengomdlali osekelayo (ongowesihlanu emsebenzini wakhe nowesibili kulesi sigaba).

Umfanekiso oqoshiwe asevele wawuthola njengomlingisi ohamba phambili weThe Silence of the Lambs (1991). Futhi kukho konke lokhu engeza umsebenzi wakhe omatasatasa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ku-Instagram noma ku-TikTok, nokuthi ukwazile ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula ukuthola ukumamatheka okungaphezu kokukodwa, noma ukuhleka, ngezehlakalo zakhe ezimbi kakhulu neziphazamisayo.

Ngokusebenzisa amanethiwekhi usibonise ukuthi usebenzise leli thuba ngalezi zikhathi ezinzima ukuthuthukisa uhlangothi lwakhe lobuciko, ngaphandle kokuchazwa, njengokudweba noma ukudlala upiyano; futhi uthando lwakhe ngesilwane sakhe esingahlukaniseki (ikati uNiblo) noma esikhumbuza ukuthi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule wethula amakha kanye nohlu lwamakhandlela nama-diffuser anegama lakhe.

I-AH Eau de Parfum ka-Anthony Hopkins iyiphunga elimnandi kubo bobabili abesilisa nabesifazane. "I-alchemy engaqondakali ye-sublime bergamot kanye ne-ethereal blossom yewolintshi ikhanyiswa nge-hypnotic musk ukuze yenze umlingo onuka kamnandi", yilokho okuthengiswa ukukhuthazwa komkhiqizo.

Ku-Hopkins, iphunga, ngokuvamile, linengxenye enamandla engaqondakali. “Amaphunga awuhlobo lokuzindla, avele aguqule ingqondo yami. Baye bangisiza ngokudweba, umculo nokulingisa. Kuyingxenye ebalulekile yempilo yami yangaphakathi,” echaza esitatimendeni Umagazini i-Vogue.

Iphunga lingathengwa ngentengo engaba ngu-$ 75 (ngokwesibonelo, kuwebhusayithi yakhe) futhi amanye amaphakheji anemiklamo ekhethekile esekelwe emidwebeni ayidalile. Futhi konke futhi ngesizathu sobumbano ngoba ingxenye izoya kuphrojekthi ye-No Kid Hungry, ukuze kuncishiswe indlala yezingane e-United States (iphromoshini ibonisa ukuthi ukuthenga ngakunye kunganikeza ukudla okungu-50). Ngaphezu kokufuna ukufaka isandla, ngokujwayelekile, nangamazwi akhe, “ngohlobo oluthile lwamahlaya namahlaya. Umuzwa wokuzijabulisa. Ngoba siphila esikhathini esimnyama.”

Futhi umfana uye wanikela ngokunikeza leyo ngcosana yohlanya olunempilo namahlaya. Ingaphezu kweyodwa yamavidiyo akhe e-Instagram noma i-TikTok isishiye simangele noma simangale. Akwenzeki ukukhohlwa ubuso bakhe nokuphatheka kabi “Ezinsukwini Ezingu-253 Zokuvalelwa… Sengiqala ukuzwa imiphumela emibi yakhe. UCABANGANI?" Akukona nje ukuqondana ukuthi namuhla i-akhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram iqoqa abalandeli abacishe babe yizigidi ezimbili nengxenye.

“Kubukeka sengathi abantu bayasabela ehlayeni lami eliyinqaba. Ngoba yilokhu kuphela esingakwenza, zama ukuthola ukumamatheka okuhle. Izame futhi usiphakamisele phezulu,” usho kanje engxoxweni ne-People nge-Zoom ebhekise kulo mlingisi lapho ehlala khona eMalibu. Futhi waqinisekisa, mayelana nokutholakala kwayo nokusebenzisa, ukuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana ziyithuluzi elibalulekile ngoba: “Sisodwa, sididekile. Kuyimvelo yokuba khona komuntu.”

Ngamazwi akhe, ubuciko obufana nokudweba buye bamsiza ukuba anqobe ukucindezeleka noma izinkinga zotshwala eminyakeni edlule. Ngokuqondene nesitayela sakhe, yini ebesingayilindela? Futhi ohlangothini olungavamile futhi kakhulu, siqu kakhulu.

Amaphupho anomumo nezisho ezisabekayo, amanye ahlaba umxhwele. Imibala ye-Neon, ubuso obungenakwenzeka, ezinye izingoma ezikhumbula imidwebo ka-Edward Hopper, futhi mhlawumbe futhi egqugquzelwe ukuthintwa kwe-Picassian, okusikhumbuza ukuthi uhlanganise kahle umdwebi waseMalaga ku-Surviving Picasso 1996.