Some Boy Have All The Luck

The unknown star of the latest fantasy blockbuster has admitted he finds it "mind-blowing" to be able to call co-stars including John Malkovich and Jeremy Irons his friends.

Edward Speleers, 19, had only performed in school Shakespeare plays before he beat hundreds of young rivals to take the lead in Eragon.

Speaking after the UK premiere in Leicester Square, the British actor said: "My friends have all just finished their A-levels and are about to go on their gap years, and here I am acting in a film opposite some of my biggest childhood heroes."

He added: "I was appearing in Hamlet in my school play and I heard of this audition and knew I had to go for it."

"My father called me up and told me after the second round that I’d got the part. I didn’t believe it then and sometimes I still don’t believe it now."

Word of advise: Stay away from the Hiltons and do not do drugs.

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