Sir Anthony Hopkinshas had one of the most storied careers in all of Hollywood.
He’s brought unforgettable actors to life on screen and stage for nearly 60 years (perIMDb).
His life outside of acting has proven to be a bit more complicated, however.
Many fans of the 83-year-old actor are unaware of the fact that Hopkins is also a father.
Hopkins and his first wife, Petronella Barker, were married from 1966 to 1972.
In 1968, the couple welcomed a daughter, Abigail Hopkins.
To this day, she is his only child (viaThe Mirror).
Hopkins has since married two more times, most recently to wifeStella Arroyavein 2003.
But as of 2002, Hopkins was again describing them as “estranged.”
“I guess we are estranged.
I don’t think she wants to know very much [about me].
I hope she is well.
I hope she is okay,” he toldHoward Stern(viaHello!).
“The divorce with her mother was [a] long time ago.
She has probably got good reasons.
She is too busy and all that.
She has to do her own thing.
I think she is in England somewhere.
You get on with it.”
“I don’t have any idea,” he told theRadio Times(perThe Telegraph).
“People break up.
Families split and, you know, ‘Get on with your life.’
I don’t care one way or the other.”
He replied to the controversy about a week later in an interview withThe Times.
“No, I wasn’t cold.
I’m not cold,” he said.
“Her choice is her choice.
Hopkins alsoThe Timesthat he did not blame himself when it came to their estrangement.
“I’ve got no blame,” he said.
“People do what they do.
And I don’t understand it and it doesn’t bother me.
I can’t waste my time worrying about it.”
“It would have to be a two-way thing, though,” she toldThe Telegraph(viaPeople).
“I don’t know how I would feel about it.
We have never really been close.
We’ve never discussed big life issues.
Because, well, our relationship was always so sporadic.
I’ve never felt I could discuss those sort of things with him.”
