Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce on “The Two Popes”
In 2013 the unthinkable happened: a pope resigned, and one other became head of the Vatican. For the primary time in six centuries, the Catholic Church had two popes. The recent film “The Two Popes” imagines what conversations between the 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) and Pope Francis (played by Jonathan Pryce) would have seemed like — and since each pontiffs disagreed on most all the things, not all of that conversation is polite. Correspondent Tracy Smith talked with Hopkins and Pryce about their star-making movies, faith, and friendship.
Jun 12
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