In November, the biggest celebrity memoir of the year will be published. We Did OK, Kid promises to tell the life story of Sir Anthony Hopkins, and anyone with even a passing knowledge of the man will know that it’s a hell of a story. Born working class, he was hauled out of repertory theatre after being spotted by Sir Laurence Olivier, a move that set him on a course to the stars. Sir Richard Attenborough called him “unquestionably the greatest actor of his generation”. He has battled depression and alcoholism. He can do a mean Tommy Cooper impersonation. His publisher promises that Anthony Hopkins will tell this story with “a voice that is both arresting and vulnerable”.
That is, unless you listen to it on audiobook. Because Kenneth Branagh’s doing that bit.
