When Anthony Hopkins masterfully loses his mind

One day, on the set of

, Anthony Hopkins was given seven sheets of paper.

They contained almost 1,000 words of monologue.

And the key sequence of the movie.

His character had to defend, with a fiery prayer, the innocence of black slaves

The actor, however, did not seem to feel much vertigo: he memorized the entire speech in one go.

They were so amazed on the set that Steven Spielberg went on to call him "Sir Anthony," according to the IMDb website.

The filmmaker was not the first, not by much ...

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