Urgent:Anthony Hopkins Rushed to the hospital in a critical condition When he learned that Sir Anthony Hopkins would also be appearing in the TV series about the ancient Roman Empire, actor Iwan Rheon accepted, but he was heartbroken that he would not be sharing any scenes with his fellow Welshman. Those About To Die is a new series that stars Rheon, who is most known for Game of Thrones. He even asked the director if he might co-star alongside the 86-year-old double Oscar winner Hopkins, but he was denied the opportunity. Rheon, 39, of Carmarthen, did not realize he and Hopkins did not have any scenes together until he read the screenplay. He remarked, "My character is probably the only character in the entire program that does not have a scene with - which is horrible." The events of Those About to Die take place in 79 AD in Rome, when the Colosseum is still under construction and the populace is in dire need of food. Chariot races are staged in the Circus Maximus, where the city's elite has a monopoly on the revenues, to prevent riots by the populace. Hopkins, a native of Margam, Neath Port Talbot, portrays Emperor Vespasian, while Rheon plays Tenax, the underground gambling lord. Director Roland Emmerich rejected Rheon's request for shared scenes. "After receiving the screenplay, I swiftly read through all of them and discovered that my character did not have any sequences with the emperor," he remarked. ...