This just in: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Oscar winner and veteran thespian of stage and screen, has joined the cast of Michael Bay’s fifth Transformers movie, which is titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Since his joining the cast is all we know, we’re just going to go ahead and make the obvious stupid conclusion …
The Last Knight. With Sir Anthony Hopkins. Come on. It has to be, right?
Even if we’re wrong, what’s clear is that Hopkins is having a ripping good time as he approaches his 80th birthday. In the past five years, he’s played Odin (twice), Hitchcock, Methuselah, a mad scientist (in RED 2), and will soon be seen as Westworld’s overlord. This latest choice might seem a bit like a lazy cash grab rather than an acting challenge—but he’s a goddamn legend at this point.
Let the guy co-star with Mark Wahlberg and battle some giant robots … maybe while wielding a sword. Why the hell not?
