Anthony Hopkins has words of advice for young Hollywood stars.

While appearing at an event during the 2025 Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the critically acclaimed actor opened up about what he thinks will be the downfall of rising actors.

“Young actors tend to mumble,” the 87-year-old star said, per Variety. “I know they’re trying to do Marlon Brando, but Brando was the greatest technician of all. He understood everything. He was a very smart man, and he knew how to do it.”

Brando, known for experimenting with different voices and accents, famously created Don Corleone’s iconic muffled tone and sagging facial appearance in the Godfather franchise through physical transformation techniques, such as stuffing his cheeks with cotton. Brando died in 2004.

Hopkins went on to share the advice he told one actor on........

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