Bob Hoskins appreciation: 'He was fun, likable, generous, warm and clever'

Actor and director Dexter Fletcher remembers his friend Bob Hoskins, with whom he appeared in The Long Good Friday and The Raggedy Rawney

I first met Bob Hoskins at a party when I was nine. It was good to connect with the man from On the Move, in which he played a character who couldn't read. He was likable and open, just like on the telly. A few years later, we worked together on The Long Good Friday. For me, as a child actor, it was an inspirational lesson in acting and one that will stay with me for ever.