Anne Hathaway – Hollywood star, and massive Arsenal fan?
The American actress – who has featured in films such as The Devil Wears Prada and The Dark Knight Rises – has revealed herself as a Gooner in recent weeks, filming TikTok videos of herself singing North London Forever.
But it appears to be the whole Hathaway family who are behind Mikel Arteta’s side, with Hathaway saying in one video: “The group chat is going off. ‘Declan is the man of the day’, I agree mum.”
The revelation has gone viral since she sang the Arsenal anthem after their 3-0 win against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
How long has Hathaway been an Arsenal fan?
It is unclear just how long Hathaway’s love of the Gunners has been going on, but there is certainly evidence of it being more than a year.
Last April, during an interview, external for her upcoming film The Idea of You she is seen alongside co-star and fellow Arsenal fan Nicholas Galitzine watching and celebrating a goal.
“One-nil, Trossard!” says Galitzine, before Hathaway adds: “Oh I love you”, and then explains: “Sorry, we’re both fans of the same team, and there’s a match going on right now, and during our last interview they scored.”
The goal they were celebrating was Leandro Trossard’s strike at Wolves in a 2-0 win on 20 April, 2024.
That prompted Trossard to send a message to Hathaway, saying: “Keep supporting us and hopefully see you soon at the Emirates.”
Has Hathaway been to an Arsenal game?
Anne Hathaway has been posting on social media in recent weeks to show her support of Arsenal
Despite Trossard’s invitation to Emirates Stadium a year ago, it does not appear that Hathaway has managed to make the trip to Arsenal’s home yet.
In fact, prior to the casual revelation of her Arsenal support in the aforementioned interview last April, there is little indication on the internet to suggest she is an avid follower.
But her support certainly seems to have intensified during Arsenal’s run to the Champions League semi-finals.
This month she revealed her delight at Bukayo Saka’s goalscoring return from a hamstring injury, posting on Instagram after the 2-1 win against Fulham a picture of herself in an Arsenal shirt with the caption: “Welcome back #7”
From Crowe to Hanks – other Hollywood football fans
Hollywood star Tom Hanks has attended Aston Villa games
Hathaway is, of course, not alone in being a big-name Hollywood star supporting an English football team.
Russell Crowe of Gladiator fame is a big Leeds supporter and part owner of the club.
The Australian explained last year that he has been following Leeds since the 1970s, saying: “In the middle of the day you had either a gardening show, someone doing a yoga show, or Match of the Day.
“So we tuned in and watched Match of the Day and Leeds were quite a successful team in the early 70s.
“They were on the TV quite a lot and my brother chose Liverpool and I chose Leeds.”
Meanwhile, fellow actor Tom Hanks supports Aston Villa and has been seen at their games, while Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of Ocean’s Twelve among other films, supports her hometown team Swansea City.
In 2015 she filled her swimming pool at her New York home with swans to celebrate a win against Manchester United.
