“Today I celebrate my dear friend Ian and his unbreakable spirit… I love this man. We both have our Gucci on,” says Anthony Hopkins on his TikTok account, where he has shared a video with fellow actor Ian McKellen in which They both come out dancing to a Leonard Cohen song with the same matching plaid jacket.
McKellen suffered a fall while performing his play, Player Kings, in London’s West End. He was performing a fight when he fell into the audience and had to be taken to hospital. The performance had to be canceled at first and, for the last three performances in London, he was replaced by actor David Semark.
The medical reports predicted a “prompt and complete recovery” for the actor and it is expected that he will be able to join the play again on July 3, when the tour of the United Kingdom begins. That day the performance is scheduled in Bristol and later it will pass through Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle.
“I would like to thank you all for your kind messages and support. My injuries have been diagnosed and treated by a number of experts, specialists and nurses working for the NHS. Of course, I am hugely indebted to them. They have assured me that my recovery will be complete and rapid, and I am looking forward to getting back to work,” said McKellen, known for such popular roles as Gandalf in The Lord of the rings.
Both actors worked together in The Dresser, a British television film released in 2015 that was based on the work published by Ronald Harwood in 1980.
Hopkins, at 86 years old, is very active on TikTok. He often shares dances, scenes with his cat, or moments playing the piano or cooking. He also celebrated his 45 years sober and when, after the pandemic, he began to see “the light at the end of the tunnel” and got a COVID vaccine. In his videos his house and many of his paintings often appear, since it is a hobby that he shows off whenever he can.
Hopkins recently voiced the series. Rebel Moon from Netflix and received a Lifetime Achievement Award. On July 18, Those About to Die will premiere, a series in which she has a leading role.
