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TIL Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his preparation of roles, sometimes going over his lines 200 times. In Spielberg's Amistad, he memorised an entire 7 page courtroom speech and delivered it in one go. Because of this, Spielberg insisted on calling him Sir Anthony instead of Tony out of respect

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