Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2019, Hopkins gosipụtara Pope Benedict XVI n'akụkụ Jonathan Pryce dị ka Pope Francis na Fernando Meirelles's "The Two Popes". O kwuru, sị, "Otu nnukwu akụ bụ ịrụ ọrụ na <unk> iche na [onye nduzi] Meirelles <unk> Pryce. Anyị abụọ si Wales. Ọ bụ onye si n'ebe ugwu, ebe mụ onwe m si n'ebe ndịda". Ihe nkiri a na-eme na Vatican City na-esote mkparị mkparị Vatican ma na-eso Pope Benedict XVI ka ọ na-anwa ime ka Kadịnal Jorge Mario Bergoglio tụgharịa uche mkpebi ya ịhapụ arụkwaghịm dị ka onye isi bishọp ka ọ na-ekwupụta ebumnuche nke ya ịhapụ ọkwa popu. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2019, ihe nkiri ahụ bidoro na Telluride Film Festival iji nweta nkwanye ugwu. Ihe nkiri ahụ malitere na Disemba 20, 2019, site na Netflix. Egwuregwu nke Pryce na Hopkins, yana edemede nke McCarten, natara otuto dị ukwuu site n'aka ndị nkatọ, ụmụ nwoke atọ ahụ natara nhọpụta maka ọrụ ha na
Academy Awards, Golden Globes na British Academy Film Awards.