Anthony Hopkins channels Hannibal Lecter with Kim Kardashian's Skims face wrap: ‘Feeling 10 years younger'
Anthony Hopkins channeled his iconic Hannibal Lecter character to make a hilarious endorsement of Kim Kardashian's new Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap from her Skims shapewear line.
In an Instagram video posted on Thursday, Hopkins, 87, can be seen wearing the face wrap from Kardashian's brand on his chin, neck, and ears.
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'Hello Kim, I'm already feeling 10 years younger,' he says, speaking in the same way that Hannibal delivered his lines in 'The Silence of the Lambs.'
8 Anthony Hopkins in his Instagram video on Thursday.
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8 Anthony Hopkins in 'The Silence of the Lambs.'
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The 'Remains of the Day' actor then makes the same slurping sound that Hannibal made to Clarice (Jodie Foster) in the 1991 movie, before infamously telling her about eating someone's liver paired with fava beans and a nice chianti.
'Goodbye' Hopkins finishes the video, fixing the camera with the same unnerving stare that he used in his Oscar-winning performance in the 1991 psychological horror.
Gwyneth Paltrow wrote 'genius' in the comments.
8 Models wearing the Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap from Skims.
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Another commenter wrote, 'THIS is why the internet was invented. Amazing Sir Anthony!'
'The Rookie' actor Michael Beach commented: 'Great actor with a great sense of humor!'
The Post has reached out to Skims for comment.
The brand debuted the face wrap on Tuesday — to a mixed reception.
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The Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap is made of polyamide and elastane and purportedly 'infused with collagen yarns' to offer jaw support, along with velcro closures at the top and nape of the neck to allow for 'everyday wear.'
8 Kim Kardashian at the Victoria Beckham SS24 fashion show on September 29, 2023 in Paris, France.
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8 A model in the Skims face wrap.
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'Skims is selling some kind of medieval torture device for your face,' one person said on X.
'Just dropped — new invention to make women feel insecure for no reason,' another commented.
'What in the Hannibal is this?' someone wrote in the comments of Skims' Instagram post, fittingly referencing Hannibal Lecter.
In 'The Silence of the Lambs,' Clarice (Foster), is a FBI trainee who interviews Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins), a brilliant but criminally insane cannibal psychiatrist.
She strikes up an uneasy rapport with Hannibal while he's incarcerated, in order to use his insight to find a serial killer who is at large.
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8 Anthony Hopkins in 'The Silence of the Lambs.'
©Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy Everett Co / Everett Collection
8 Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) killing a guard before 'wearing' his face to escape in 'The Silence of the Lambs.'
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8 Anthony Hopkins wearing the Skims face wrap in his Instagram video on Thursday.
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Hopkins won an Oscar in the 'Best actor' category for the role – not 'best supporting actor,' despite having less than 25 minutes of screen time.
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In one famous scene, Hannibal is transported, and wheeled out of a plane wearing a muzzle. In another, he escapes prison by brutally murdering a guard and 'wearing' his face.
In 2002, Conan O'Brien jokingly asked Hopkins if he would play the character in a musical.
Hopkins quipped, 'Only if he becomes a vegetarian – he lives on broccoli.'
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