Ed Speleers Movies
British actor Ed Speleers grew up in, Chichester, West Sussex, England, and experienced his first desire to perform at the tender age of seven, realized with a prominent role in a local production of Peter Pan. Speleers later attended Bury, England's Dorset House School and further capitalized on his theatrical interest with prominent roles in theatrical staples including A Streetcar Named Desire, Hamlet, Richard III, and The Crucible; at Dorset, his portrayals so captivated audiences that they earned considerable attention from studio personnel, who tested Speleers for A-list roles including Peter in Walden Media's Narnia series, and a young Hannibal Lecter in the Silence of the Lambs prequel Hannibal Rising (2007). Speleers lost both of the said parts but secured prominent billing and his first major big-screen assignment as the title character -- a young hero who sets out to take on formidable dragons -- in the 2006 fantasy Eragon. Unfortunately, the film received a disappointing critical and public reaction, but it did provide Speleers with an entrée to movie stardom. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Industrial Light and Magic special-effects wizard Stefen Fangmeier makes the leap into the director's chair with this coming-of-age fantasy concerning a young boy whose discovery of a mysterious dragon egg leads him on a predestined journey to become a Dragon Rider and defend his peaceful world against an evil king. Based on the best-selling novel by Christopher Paolini, Eragon tells the tale of the titular character (Ed Speleers), a humble farm boy living in the land of Alagaësia, whose life is forever changed when he discovers that he has been chosen to fight the most powerful enemy his world has ever known. Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, and Djimon Hounsou co-star in a film produced by Davis Entertainment and adapted from the novel by screenwriters Peter Buchman, Larry Konner, and Mark Rosenthal. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael A. Mehlmann, Ed Speleers, (more)
