Not AI. This photo was taken in 2016 in Hujialing Village 胡家岭村, Shandong, China.
This seven-story structure went viral for its striking resemblance to Howl’s Moving Castle.
Built single-handedly by a local villager named Mr. Hu, who has a mental disability, the castle took nearly five years to complete. Using only collected bricks, mud, and salvaged wooden logs—without a single piece of steel or cement—he gathered every material and did all the heavy lifting entirely on his own.
His reason for building it was simple: "So many people built houses, so I wanted to build one too."
Though he never actually lived in it, neighbors grew concerned over its structural safety. The local government eventually coordinated with Mr. Hu to relocate him into a safe, comfortable new home and safely dismantled the structure.
Sir Anthony Hopkins says he never tolerated tyrannical directors who believed they could bully actors on set.
He recalls one director who started shouting at a young actress while giving her notes. Hopkins immediately stepped in.
“Hold it. You raise your voice one decibel to this lady and i’m going. And you my dear, should leave as well”
Afterward, the actress thanked him. Hopkins then asked how long the director had been treating her that way.
“How long has he been doing that?”
She told him it had been happening throughout the entire film.
For Hopkins, no performance or movie was worth allowing someone to be humiliated on set.
“Don’t raise your voice. It’s a film. It’s a stupid film. That’s all it is. It’s not important.”