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
people ifs i-can
I can get quite down on myself because if people don't like what you're doing, it's hard.
comedy
Comedy is not something that had necessarily jumped out as something I'd immediately go for.
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.
growing-up firsts young
It's funny because growing up, when Ali G first burst off the screen, it was something that I was probably too young to be watching, but I absolutely loved it...
strong interesting important
If you can have a show that has quite strong morals and cover important themes but be able to put them out to a broad audience, that's an interesting thing.
people gold want
I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."
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.
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.
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.
thinking important more-time
What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself.
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.
growing-up two use
Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.
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.