Yahoo Lifestyle Anthony Hopkins Makes First Public Appearance After Losing Home in LA Fires: 'The Duality of Life'
Sir Anthony Hopkins shared a message about resilience while making his first public appearance since losing his home in the Los Angeles wildfires.
The decorated actor and his wife, Stella Arroyave, both attended a special concert in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Jan. 17. The performance featured The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing pieces that Hopkins, 87, composed himself.
Before attending the Life Is a Dream concert, which was part of Riyadh Season 2025, Hopkins and his wife hit the red carpet to pose for photos. The Silence of the Lambs star was photographed wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and blue patterned tie as he gazed out at the cameras from behind a pair of glasses with thick black frames. Arroyave wore a black skirt with lace detailing and a matching black blazer, which she paired with a black handbag and short black heels.
In anticipation of the event, The Father star said he was “honored and humbled” by the opportunity to see his compositions brought to life.
“This day is a dream come true,” the Welsh actor wrote in a Thursday, Jan. 16, post on Instagram. “The duality of life is that in the face of great loss, one can also find great beauty.”
He later reflected further on the performance on Instagram, writing on Friday that “Life is a Dream, within a dream. Incomprehensible blessing in the face of adversity.”
The concert occurred just 10 days after the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited in Los Angeles and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Many residents, including several celebrities, lost their homes in the blazes, which firefighters continued battling while Hopkins attended Friday’s concert.
The Palisades Fire, which sparked in the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, had burned more than 23,700 acres and was 43 percent contained as of Saturday, Jan. 18, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The Eaton Fire, which devastated nearby Altadena, had burned more than 14,100 acres and was 73 percent contained by Saturday morning, Cal Fire reported.
Hopkins owned two properties in the impacted areas, both of which burned in the Palisades Fire, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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