“As an actor you’re kind of grasping at straws really when you’re taking on a role like this. It’s impossible, especially for someone in my generation, to imagine what it must have been like,” the actor recently shared in an interview with HeyUGuys.
Watch Jeremy Irvine discuss The Railway Man in the interview below:
“I was thinking I’d made a horrible mistake,” Jeremy told the UK’s Express. “I’d missed out on university and even turned down drama school because I wanted to go my own way about it. I was thinking, ‘This wasn’t a very sensible decision.’”
We’re so glad he stuck with it! As for his fans, Jer said, “I don’t do social networking so I’m happy in my ignorance. But I get a lot of letters and I’m lucky that they’re always nice.”
Jeremy Irvine walks the red carpet at the premiere of his new film, The Railway Man, held at Odeon West End on Wednesday night (December 4) in London, England.
The 23-year-old actor plays a young Eric Lomax in the film while Colin Firth plays an older version.
According to THR, the 23-year-old actor will act opposite Michael Douglas in the upcoming thriller.
The Reach tells the story of a hunting enthusiast (Douglas) who hires a guide (Irvine) for a trek through the desert. The two start off on the wrong foot and things only get worse when the hunter kills a prospector. The hunter then becomes a merciless torturer to the guide and puts him through painful mental and physical tests in the middle of the sweltering desert.
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti will direct the production, which starts shooting in New Mexico at the end of the month.
Ellie Goulding sticks close to boyfriend actor Jeremy Irvine at the 2013 Glamour Women of the Year Awards held at Berkeley Square Gardens on Tuesday evening (June 4) in London, England.
Just over the weekend, the 26-year-old musician performed at the Chime For Change: The Sound Of Change Live Concert.
