Anthony Hopkins has played Hannibal the Cannibal in Silence of the Lambs, a vampire killer in Dracula and now the wolf man’s dad, Sir John Talbot, in the remake of The Wolf Man.

His character in The Wolfman is tightly wound, which isn’t too much different than Hopkins own father. In fact, it was his dad’s aloofness that helped prepare Hopkins for a career in acting.

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The Wolfman opens nationally Friday.