Sir Anthony Hopkins, 88, looks fit and healthy on set of new movie: Oscar-winning legend shows no sign of slowing down with eight new projects in the works

Sir Anthony Hopkins, 88, was snapped looking dapper as ever while filming reshoots for his upcoming movie, A Visit to Grandpa’s, in Pasadena, California. Although he's starring as the titular elder, the legendary Welsh thespian proved that age is just a number as he was spotted arriving on set to continue filming the upcoming project. The forthcoming film, which is an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical 1938 short story by Dylan Thomas, is one of eight movie projects Hopkins has in the works, proving he isn't slowing down. Hopkins looked as fit and healthy as ever as he tackled another day of work in his more than six-decade career while sporting a distinguished white beard and a stylish fedora hat.Directed by D J Caruso, who previously worked with Hopkins on the 2024 biblical epic Mary, the film's plot chronicles how a lonely little boy's summer on a remote Welsh farm transforms from expected boredom into magical adventures filled with imaginative mischief courtesy of his eccentric, storytelling grandfather. till going strong! Sir Anthony Hopkins, 88, looks in good spirits as he makes his way to the set of his latest movie, A Visit to Grandpa's, in Pasadena, California The legendary Welsh actor, 88, proved that age is just a number as he was spotted arriving on set to continue filming his upcoming project Looking well as he approached another day of work, the Oscar-winning star cut a relaxed figure, sporting a distinguished white beard and a stylish hat'This is a powerful and profoundly beautiful story, one that allows me to return to my Welsh roots while exploring the remarkable vision and prose of Dylan Thomas,' Hopkins said in a statement when production launched in Wales in March 2026.'It is a privilege to collaborate once again with DJ, with whom I share a deep creative bond.'Upping the already palpable Welsh factor is Hopkins' Oscar-winning co-star: Oscar-winning actress, singer, dancer, and, yes, Welshwoman Catherine Zeta-Jones.Loyal film fans will recall that Zeta-Jones, 57, played opposite the Silence of the Lambs icon in the role that made her a bona fide movie star: 1998's The Mask of Zorro, starring Antonio Banderas as the title swashbuckler. Zeta-Jones recently revealed that filming in her native Wales alongside Hopkins was a uniquely fulfilling experience, noting that the part marked a career milestone as one of the first times she acted using her own natural Welsh accent.'Before that I'd never shot in Wales,' she told Graham Norton while fighting back happy tears in October 2026. 'I've shot in Malaysia. All over you know, Australia, everywhere, but I've never even filmed in Wales. And going home was just so incredibly wonderful. You know, to see people waving?'Hopkins' grandson character is reportedly portrayed by rising UK child star Artie Wilkinson-Hunt, who was most recently featured as the younger incarnation of star Nicholas Galitzine in Masters of the Universe. 'This is a powerful and profoundly beautiful story, one that allows me to return to my Welsh roots while exploring the remarkable vision and prose of Dylan Thomas,' Hopkins declared when production launched earlier this year Based on a semi-autobiographical 1938 short story be famed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, A Visit Grandpa's follows a young boy sent to spend a summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather on a remote farm in Wales Expecting dull summer days and rigid rules, grandson character instead stumbles into a world of delightful imagination – where wild stories are spun, and a world of wonder, memory, and mischief unfolds courtesy of the tale's titular GrandpaDirector Caruso, whose credits also include the Taylor Sheridan series Lioness and the 2017 Vin Diesel action flick xXx: Return of Xander Cage, has waxed poetic about how his latest project came together. 'On a windswept set in Morocco, Sir Anthony and I fell into a conversation about Wales, its culture, and the brilliance of Dylan Thomas, who could paint entire worlds with nothing more than the rhythm of a sentence,' he told Deadline in September 2025. 'That moment sparked my creative fire and drew me back to A Visit to Grandpa’s, a story that lodged itself in my bones 25 years ago, when I first read it.'A Visit to Grandpa's does not yet have a release date, but it is one of eight upcoming film projects for Hopkins, according to IMDB. He will play Charles Darwin in The Species and will appear alongside Andy Garcia, Jessica Alba and Al Pacino in Maserati: The Brothers.