Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton
Taron David Egertonis a Welsh actor and singer. He is known for his role as Dennis "Asbo" Severs in the British television series The Smoke and Gary "Eggsy" Unwin in Kingsman: The Secret Service. He appeared in the British drama film Testament of Youth, as Edward Brittain. He also played Mad Teddy in the film Legend, starring Tom Hardy, and starred as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards in the film Eddie the Eagle...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth10 November 1989
CityBirkenhead, Wales
I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.
Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles.
I don't have much desire to move to LA much yet. I don't think you can expect it any time soon, but who knows what can happen in the future.
All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.
I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone!
I can afford to get Tescos finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.
When a bunch of stuff is happening on set, you have to remember the grander purpose: you're telling a story, so you have to get to that moment, and that takes supreme focus.
I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
I'm not sure that I want my life to consist of Hollywood franchises, to be honest. There are other types of work that I'm interested in, like theater and just more serious drama and I just don't know.
I'm into books – I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round.
I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids films.
To be perfectly honest, I like pressure. It's something I find exciting. And I am the kind of personality that gets very bored very easily. The work I try and involve myself with is ordinarily determined by how much it sort of frightens me.