20 Essential Movie Moments That Will Define 2017
6. Anthony Hopkins' Role - Transformers: The Last Knight
The Moment: Sir Anthony Hopkins makes his (probably brief) appearance as historian and astronomer Sir Edmund Burton, an apparent expert on the Transformers' time on Earth throughout the ages.
Why It Will Define 2017: With John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Stanley Tucci having lent their talents to the Transformers franchise in the past, Hopkins is just the latest terrific actor to take a blatant paycheck role in Michael Bay's blockbuster enterprise.
Seeing him decked out in hunting gear while walking his dog and dropping exposition about the Autobots and Decepticons is sure to be both extremely surreal and deliciously entertaining. You'll see it and then wonder for a few days if you actually did, because why the hell would Anthony freaking Hopkins ever be a Transformers movie?
Money, that's why.