- Gerald speaking to and about Billy Peltzer Gerald Hopkins is a resident living in Kingston Falls in the first movie, Gremlins. Hopkins is a butt-kissing slime of a man, somewhat ambitious, selfish, very greedy and opportunistic person who shares a good relationship with Roland Corben, the current elderly (and possibly deceased) bank manager, but he really is just trying to grab his trust so the bank will be handed over to him after Corben's retirement. There is a rivalry between him and Billy Peltzer.