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"Freud's Last Session," now playing in theaters, shows the pair
discussing hefty topics such as the existence of God and the
future of mankind just as World War II is about to begin. Actor
Matthew Goode plays Lewis.
Hopkins said that when he read through the script, he looked for
places where his character could move around to keep viewers
interested.
"If you are going to have a debate on God ... you can't sit
around. People just fall asleep. So, you have to keep it
moving," he said in an interview with Reuters.
The 86-year-old actor said he did not do extensive research to
play the founder of psychoanalysis, as he would when he was a
younger actor.
"Once you start filling your head with unnecessary information,
biographical information, of somebody like Freud, then you get
tangled up ... and it's distracting," he said.
"You learn from the text" of the script, Hopkins added. "What I
do is I take the text, the lines and the words, and dig under
them a little, like digging up pebbles in the street."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Writing by Lisa Richwine; Editing
by Sonali Paul)
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