Before he came to America and won an Oscar, Sir Anthony Hopkins had appeared in over one hundred performances of King Lear (as King Lear) and over one hundred performances of Antony and Cleopatra (as Antony), and had vowed never to do Shakespeare again. Shortly before being offered the role of Titus by writer, producer, and director Julie Taymor, he was offered the same role for an English stage production, and had turned it down. He also turned down Taymor at first. However, after seeing her stage production of The Lion King, and a video of her production for Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan of the operatic adaptation of Great Performances: Oedipus Rex (1993), Hopkins changed his mind, and decided to do the project.

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