Anthony Hopkins to play Leon Tolstoy

Anthony Hopkins will probably take on the role of Léon Tolstoy in a biopic of the legendary Russian writer. Meryl Streep is set to co-star.

After having played Pablo Picasso, American presidents John Quincy Adams and Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler and Yitzhak Rabin, Anthony Hopkins is ready to take on another great figure in world history: Leon Tolstoy. The Welsh actor and naturalized American is reportedly set to play the legendary Russian writer, with Meryl Streep co-starring as his wife, with whom he had 13 children. Based on the testimony of several of his servants, «The Last Station» will deal with the last few years of his life, during which he converted to Christianity and turned his back on the society from which he came, to devote himself instead to the peasant class. Shooting is scheduled to begin next February in Russia.