Anthony Hopkins Homes Burnt Down Amid Pacific Palisades Wildfires – Hollywood Reporter
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Anthony Hopkins attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterThe Welsh actor and his wife owned two houses in the Palisades, both of which were destroyed by the blazes, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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Lexy Perez
Associate Editor
Anthony Hopkins is among the Los Angeles area residents who lost their homes to the Palisades Fire, a source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
THR has learned that Hopkins and his wife owned two houses in the Palisades, both of which have burned down.
In photos obtained by People magazine, the Pacific Palisades home of the Welsh actor can also be seen burned to the ground with only concrete pillars still standing and a stone pathway at the property.
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This is not the first time the actor has endured a property loss due to flames. In 2000, the Oscar winner reportedly lost a home in London to a fire. Meanwhile, in 2018 his Pacific Palisades home narrowly escaped the Woolsey Fire, according to TMZ. The outlet also reported that the actor has been in the U.K. this week.
Hopkins is one of the myriad Hollywood stars who have tragically lost their homes. Mandy Moore, Anna Faris, Paris Hilton, Milo Ventimiglia, Bozoma Saint John, Jeff Bridges, Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Cary Elwes, Diane Warren, Cameron Mathison, Ricki Lake, Jhené Aiko and record producer Lou Adler are among the Hollywood figures who have confirmed that they have lost their homes. James Woods initially indicated he lost his home in the fires but later discovered it was “still standing,” saying “a miracle has happened.”
Wildfires initially broke out Tuesday in Pacific Palisades, before spreading to parts of Malibu and Santa Monica overnight. As of Thursday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Palisades Fire was 6 percent contained. As of Friday morning, the Eaton Fire is 3 percent contained.
The Lidia Fire is currently 75 percent contained, and the Kenneth Fire is 35 percent contained. There have been 10 fire-related deaths, according to the L.A. County medical examiner.
Since igniting on Tuesday, the Palisades Fire, which was located in the seaside area between Santa Monica and Malibu, has emerged as the most destructive natural disaster in the history of the county, with more than 17,000 acres impacted and engulfed in flames.
On Tuesday evening, the flames burnt down Palisades Charter High School, a filming hotspot that was featured in Brian De Palma’s 1976 horror classic Carrie, the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday, the Teen Wolf TV series, Nima Nourizadeh’s 2012 film Project X and the 2001 teen rom-com Crazy/Beautiful. TV productions in areas impacted have stopped filming, including ABC’s Doctor Odyssey, The Rookie, Grey’s Anatomy and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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