The Two Popes’ Jonathan Pryce on his ‘competition’ with Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce has alerted that theatres and the production industry in Wales are too essential to become a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking after his Bafta Cymru win for Best Actor for his role of Pope Francis in Netflix’ s The Two Popes, Pryce stated he hoped the arts industry beyond London would take advantage of federal government help after being shut down previously this year.
The Flintshire -born actor, who is a veteran of regional theatres like Everyman in Liverpool and has won two Tony Awards and an Olivier for his stage work, likewise revealed the close relationship he has with The 2 Popes co-star Anthony Hopkins, who was likewise up for finest star at the Bafta Cymru 2020 ceremony.
Pryce, who is about to handle the role of the Duke of Edinburgh in Netflix’s final two series of The Crown, stated: “I grew to be enormously keen on Tony and I grew to appreciate his work and we made some rivalry since there wasn’t actually any between us.
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