Believe it or not, Anthony Hopkins is seeking to grow to be an NFT aficionado. The prolific Oscar-winning actor expressed curiosity in buying some items for his nascent assortment. “I’m astonished by all the great NFT artists. Jumping in to acquire my first piece,” Hopkins tweeted. Then, he requested for the assistance of fellow NFT-adjacent celebrities to information him by this cruel world.
I like your pondering picture. There a bunch of nice artists on the market and it’s a enjoyable group generally. But, as the nice Aaron Neville as soon as mentioned “I don’t know much – but I know I love you.” And that could be all you have to know. DM me. https://t.co/uQ1mC2zy40 pic.twitter.com/ljQrxllo3X
— Fallon.eth (@jimmyfallon) June 8, 2022
That’s not it, Ser Anthony Hopkins additionally revealed his ENS – Ethereum Name Service – area identify. And he’s already receiving free NFTs there. He has additionally acquired lots of of suggestions and straight-up gross sales pitches from the broad and excited NFT group. From the three celebrities he requested for steering – Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Fallon, and Reese Witherspoon – up to now solely Fallon has responded.
Here it’s, in my finest Welsh boyo voice. https://t.co/lpns7xbw9G pic.twitter.com/Q6ZpNU79rg
— AHopkins.eth (@AnthonyHopkins) June 9, 2022
“There a bunch of great artists out there and it’s a fun community in general. But, as the great Aaron Neville once said “I don’t know much – but I know I love you.” And that could be all you have to know. DM me,” the non-committal discuss present host responded publicly. Who is aware of what Fallon mentioned to Hopkins in non-public. Considering Fallon as soon as bought into trouble with NBC for promoting the Bored Ape Yacht Club, it’s solely logical that he didn’t wish to get into it on Twitter’s timeline.
Besides Fallon, Ser Anthony Hopkins bought notable solutions from Logan Paul and infamous NFT collector Cozomo de’ Medici. The Paul brother ruthlessly shilled Hopkins on his newest NFT venture, “I’m building a community of forward thinkers brought together by art.” For his half, Cozomo de’ Medici simply requested the famed actor to DM her or him. It must be famous that there was a rumor that de’ Medici is Snoop Dogg himself, however it was apparently debunked by Artnet.
Why Did He Ask Those Particular Celebrities?
Reese Witherspoon purchased a World Of Women NFT in October 2021 after which took her funding to the following degree. In certainly one of our “NFTs In A Nutshell” reports, Bitcoinist said, “Reports released this week have unveiled that Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine will be developing feature films and TV series based on NFT project ‘World of Women.’”
In Snoop Dogg’s case, the reply is fairly apparent. He’s the most NFT-focused celebrity on the market, shopping for Apes and placing out collections with The Sandbox. He additionally purchased the legendary Death Row Records and it’s within the technique of transforming it into an NFT-label. In a Clubhouse look, Snoop put it clearly:
“Death Row will be an NFT label. We will be putting out artists through the metaverse, or through a whole other chain of music. Just like we broke the industry when we was the first independent to be major, I want to be the first major in the metaverse. So, Death Row will be in NFT land.”
For his half, Jimmy Fallon starred on this clip with Paris Hilton:
Jimmy & @ParisHilton evaluate #BoredApeYC NFTs. #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/RoOlhteLnN
— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) January 25, 2022
And that’s the rationale he quickly bought into hassle with NBC.
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What Is Ser Anthony Hopkins Up To?
For starters, in March he signed with the CAA, the company that manages the entire celebrities tagged within the authentic tweet. This is perhaps the reason for Hopkins’ NFT pursuits. He was additionally introduced as a solid member in Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon.” According to Netflix, he’ll play “the voice acting role of Jimmy, a sentient JC1435 mechanized battle robot and one-time defender of the slain King.”
That’s proper!!! https://t.co/BU0s15T1sD pic.twitter.com/esuvUerlJR
— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) June 8, 2022
It’s value remembering that 9 months in the past Bitcoinist announced that Hopkins would begin in “Zero Contact,” and NFT-film. “Before ZERO CONTACT, Anthony Hopkins and Rick Dugdale worked together on the 2015 film Blackway. Watching NFTs surge in popularity, the pair decided to break new ground with ZERO CONTACT,” the co-head of VUELE Cameron Chell informed us.
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