Anthony Hopkins – from unlikely beginnings

Anthony Hopkins’ memoir title We Did OK Kid is a hint of his self-effacing view of himself, regarded by himself and others in childhood as “useless, hopeless”. Neither sporty nor academic and friendless, “I couldn’t do anything,” he says, until he tripped into acting, won a scholarship to drama college, followed by a RADA training.  From unlikely beginnings he has made more than 90 films, won two Oscars, four Baftas, two Emmys and an Olivier award. D