BAFTA winner Anthony Hopkins, who did not log on for Sunday's virtual awards ceremony, heard people in the hotel where he is staying cheering after his win and presumed they were watching a football match.
The recently-vaccinated 83-year-old is on holidays in Wales and was painting in his hotel room during the awards show.
The unassuming Silence of the Lambs star won the Best Actor BAFTA for The Father, the story of a man slipping into dementia, directed by Florian Zeller.
He spoke to the press afterwards, confirming that he will remain in Wales until the Academy Awards at the end of the month.
Having previously received Best Actor BAFTAs for The Remains of the Day, The Silence of the Lambs and War & Peace, and the BAFTA Fellowship, Hopkins told the press after winning on Sunday that he did not expect to be recognised again.
He said: "This is wonderful. I'm at this time in my life where I never expected to get this, you know? I mean, I got to a point in my life and I thought, 'I wonder if I will ever work again?' - an actor's nightmare.
"I'm just so astounded. I'm sitting here painting, in fact, in my room in a hotel, and I'm covered in paint and this cheer went up from next door and I thought, 'Are they were watching a football match?' and then I got a message from Florian."
Hopkins explained he is still acting because it "keeps me out of trouble", adding: "I don't want to sound heavy about it, but it's the only thing I know how to do.
"I don't know how I became an actor. I had no intention of doing anything, really."
"I keep it simple," he continued. "I love it. It's a great life. And to be able to express things... I try not to take myself too seriously. I hope I don't."
Source: Press Association
