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‘We Did OK, Kid’ chronicles the actor’s storied life from his troubled childhood in Wales to his alcoholism and high-flying career
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There are few faces as recognisable as that of Anthony Hopkins. Whether he is in the guise of a flesh-eating serial killer or an elderly man succumbing to dementia, there is no doubt when it is Hopkins on screen – so inimitable is the actor’s presence.






