Ed Speleers
Ed Speleers
Edward John "Ed" Speleers is an English actor and producer. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Eragon, as well as starring in Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning TV series Downton Abbey...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 April 1988
love sports school
I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
dark thinking fans
I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.
thinking special ugly
I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.
children people watches
There's a lot of content out there that's for an older audience but what struck me was that people who like those grittier, slightly punchier shows could still watch this but with their children as well.
thinking band heavy
I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.
jobs suits becoming
My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.
brain auditions fit
A lot of the time when you're doing your own work, it's all in your own head, which can be frustrating if you're prepping for something, especially an audition where it's all in your brain and you go in and no one else has seen it and you don't really know how it fits.
drama school wish
There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.
phones perfect waiting
I'm not good at just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that the perfect role is going to turn up.
years careers acting
I really do consider myself quite fledgling in my acting career. I've only been doing it for 10 years and that's a short amount of time, really.
roles want degrees
I want to go to the extremes and transformation is something I'm fascinated by. At the same time, you can transform but you can only really put what you've got inside you into somebody, so there's always going to be a degree of you inhabiting any role.
challenges important actors
A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your boundaries.
people gold want
I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."
comedy
Comedy is not something that had necessarily jumped out as something I'd immediately go for.