Welsh actor SIR Anthony Hopkins loves animals so much he is buying a ranch in rural America to house them all.

The big-hearted SILENCE OF THE LAMBS star and his wife are constantly adopting abandoned pets.

But their ever-growing menagerie is quickly taking over their home

He says, "My wife and I are driving up to Idaho soon to look for a ranch.

"I love the mountains and my wife adopts animals, so we need some space for them.

"The production team on this film asked me what I wanted in my trailer. I joked that I wanted bananas and a box of cats.

"I was a filming a scene later and in the shed next to where we were shooting, we found six little kittens starving to death. My wife rescued them."