Taron Egerton reveals villainous acting advice from Anthony Hopkins: “Don’t play the evil”Playing a villain is always a hard gig, but Taron Egerton has revealed that he took advice from the best of the best, in the form of Anthony Hopkins. To this end, Egerton recalled, “And he said something like, ‘I don’t know where Lecter came from, probably something in my childhood’.” “But he said, ‘The only advice I would give you, and I don’t need to tell you this, but the only advice I would give you is don’t play the evil. Noting how this has stayed with him, Egerton added, “I really took that advice forward with me.” However, the leading performances of Theron and Egerton were particularly praised.