# Anthony Hopkins As Alfred Hitchcock In Upcoming Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457 "2011-12-08T02:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/1 "2011-12-08T02:56:20Z")
As per the [Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/helen-mirren-alfred-hitchcock-271024), it looks like Anthony Hopkins will be playing the role of Alfred Hitchcock in the film _Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho_. Helen Mirren might play the role of Hitch’s wife. Sounds like an interesting concept, and great cast, to me! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/2 "2011-12-08T03:00:28Z")
He _looks_ nothing like Hitchcock. Nobody does…Hitchcock was totally weird looking and unique. For a more obscure real-life figure, I wouldn’t care, but Hitchcock’s visual presence was so distinctive that I can’t see Hopkins pulling it off! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/3 "2011-12-08T03:39:44Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > He _looks_ nothing like Hitchcock. Nobody does…Hitchcock was totally weird looking and unique. For a more obscure real-life figure, I wouldn’t care, but Hitchcock’s visual presence was so distinctive that I can’t see Hopkins pulling it off! You could say the same thing about [Richard Nixon.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113987/) I think [Ian McNeice](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm87079424/nm0573862) (seen there as Winston Churchill) could pull it off the role visually, but I don’t know if he’s got the acting chops to sell the material emotionally. I’ve liked him in the handful of light comedic roles I’ve seen him in, but he hasn’t ever done anything that blew me away. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/4 "2011-12-08T04:38:29Z")
Surely this is a role just made for Michael Sheen. As are all other real-life portrayals ever. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/5 "2011-12-08T13:57:29Z")
I’ve read the book on which this movie is to be based. It sounds like a hopeless project that will be almost entirely uninteresting to all but a handful of viewers. Unless they add in explosions and helicopter-chase scenes, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/6 "2011-12-08T17:13:43Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Nobody does…Hitchcock was totally weird looking and unique. Eh, I could see [Paul Giamatti](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316079/) pulling it off, if he porked up some. He close enough visually, he’s a good enough actor, and I think he’s got the tools to do the “character” work. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/7 "2011-12-08T17:21:43Z")
Three or four months ago, a local station started airing an old show at late-night called “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” which is kind of like a _Twilight Zone_ style show, but there are a lot of episodes that are humorous and light-hearted, not dark or frightening. Alfred Hitchcock himself does the opening and closing of each episode, and always goes for a laugh; I had no idea that he was such a ham. I am really enjoying these old shows, and am a bit surprised that I had never heard of the series before. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/8 "2011-12-08T17:38:48Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Alfred Hitchcock himself does the opening and closing of each episode, and always goes for a laugh; I had no idea that he was such a ham. I am really enjoying these old shows, and am a bit surprised that I had never heard of the series before. He made a cameo in most of his films, as well as in one episode of AHP! The best AHP episode can compete with the best TZ episodes, but both series had their share of duds. I have no doubt that Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins will do justice to his Hitch role. I wonder who they’ll have play Janet Leigh’s role. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/9 "2011-12-08T18:29:39Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > He made a cameo in most of his films, as well as in one episode of AHP! The best AHP episode can compete with the best TZ episodes, but both series had their share of duds. > I have no doubt that Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins will do justice to his Hitch role. I wonder who they’ll have play Janet Leigh’s role. Hopkins will own this. No doubt in my mind. Janet Leigh? How about Anne Heche? _ducks & runs_ I have no idea what Robert Bloch looks like without Googling. It would be kinda neat if Ed Gein showed up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-hopkins-as-alfred-hitchcock-in-upcoming-movie/605457/10 "2011-12-08T18:34:46Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Surely this is a role just made for Michael Sheen. As are all other real-life portrayals ever. He was even perfect as Wesley Snipes!