“Hannibal Lecter” Anthony Hopkins: He jokes about Kardashian’s face mask

Anthony Hopkins (87), actor of the legendary Hannibal Lecter from “The Silence of the Lämmer” (1991), reacted to Kim Kardashians (44) the latest Skims innovation-in his very own, unmistakable way.

In the clip, Hopkins wears a face mask that amazingly resembles Kardashians “Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap”. “Hello Kim, I already feel ten years younger. Goodbye,” he says in the clip. In the end, he gives his famous, uncanny Hannibal slurf that has remembered film fans since 1991. Kardashian’s new face mask, which is sold for $ 48, is intended to form the facial contours through special tissue. Visually, she actually reminds of the notorious mask that Hopkins had to wear in “The Silence of the Lambs”. The actor cleverly used this similarity for his humorous post.

He also wrote in his posting based on his role as a psychiatrist and cannibalist serial killer: “Thank you, Kim. I am not afraid to come to dinner,” said Hopkins. The reactions were not long in coming. “You are really the best”, “iconic”, “king of our hearts” or “great actor with great humor!”, Were some of the enthusiastic comments under the clip. And Kim Kardashian also shared joy, after all, the entrepreneur could not want better advertising for her product.

The mask triggered mixed reactions after its launch. For the product announcement, many asked whether it was an April joke. Two films came up again and again: “What the Hannibal Lecter is that?”, It was said. Other film fans felt reminded of the black comedy “Death is well” in 1992. In it, Meryl Streep (76) tries to stop aging with a similar facial association. Despite all criticism and skepticism on social media, the product was sold out within a very short time.