Russell Brand Education

In the short period of time before he was a junkie, Brand was educated in modest but generic English comprehensive schools that probably shove loads of Donne and Johnson down your throat. But the turning point, excluding the influence of drugs, was his acceptance at RADA in 1995. In a characteristic Brand move, he got expelled his final year for pulling a crazy, but theatrically appropriate stunt. A bad reception of his performance made him go all Norma Desmond and break a bottle over his head. Of course, we can’t say all that schooling hasn’t paid off, for now the man’s in the limelight and a Shakespearean clown to boot.