Actor reached 'peak Welshness' working with Hopkins and Zeta-Jones

Actor reached 'peak Welshness' working with Hopkins and Zeta-JonesImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Celyn Jones said it was like a "homecoming" working on the film adaptation of A Visit to Grampa'sByMaria CassidyBBC Wales Published6 minutes agoAn actor said he reached "peak Welshness" working alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones on the upcoming film A Visit to Grampa's. Celyn Jones said it was like a "homecoming" and a "culture moment" taking part in the film adaptation of the Dylan Thomas short story. "I think I reached peak Welshness when I was singing Myfanwy, while Tony [Hopkins] played the piano and Catherine Zeta-Jones served the drinks," he told Lucy Owen on Radio Wales. "I just needed Charlotte Church to call the bingo and I've gone full score Welsh."Image source, Christopher RaphaelImage caption, Sir Anthony Hopkins stars in the Dylan Thomas short story which was filmed in DolgellauA Visit To Grandpa's follows a young boy sent to spend a summer full of adventure with his eccentric grandfather on a Welsh farm.Speaking of Sir Anthony, who plays Grampa, Jones said he "was on everyone Facebook's feed in Dolgellau" after stopping to take pictures and giving them his time. "It was a total pleasure, a total egoless experience for me where I just thought I don't care if I was just a disembodied arm in this film. Just being near him was great and he was great," he said. In April, hundreds of people gathered in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, to watch filming, while Sir Anthony has also recited a Thomas poem as an apparent nod to the film.New pictures were released in April showing Zeta-Jones' as-yet unnamed character alongside Hopkins. Dylan Thomas is arguably Wales' most celebrated writer and poet. Born in Swansea in 1914, his most notable works include Under Milk Wood and the poem Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night.He di...