Anthony Hopkins is so Method when he sells out to capitalism for the Super Bowl
Or at least that's the joke in a Super Bowl commercial starring Hopkins, in which he lounges with a dog named Turbotax.com, shilling for the online tax service.
The 30-second spot has Hopkins doing an interview with a journalist somewhat similar to Inside the Actor's Studio's James Lipton.
Lipton, oddly enough, starred in a hilarious teaser for the ad earlier this week about him getting cut out of the TurboTax commercial.
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"I would never tarnish my name by selling you something," he says while sipping from a TurboTax-branded tea cup.
It's not the first time the Silence of the Lambs actor has lent his name to a commercial, but his appearances in them are definitely rare.
Hopkins isn't the only respected actor selling out this Super Bowl. The commercial breaks are chock-full of dramatic A-listers, including Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Walken.
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Patrick Kulp is a Business Reporter at Mashable. Patrick covers digital advertising, online retail and the future of work. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in political science and economics, he previously worked at the Pacific Coast Business Times.
