Hugh Jackman Gives First Look at Taron Egerton as 'Eddie the Eagle'

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Back in January, before Kingsman: The Secret Service introduced the world to Taron Egerton, we got word that the young actor was already slated to team up with Hugh Jackman for a new project. The film is called Eddie the Eagle, and it’s a biopic about about Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, a real-life Olympic ski jumper who competed in the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, and achieved sports glory despite coming in dead last in his two events. Now Jackman has just posted a picture of himself with Egerton from the set of the production straight from some ski slopes made to look like they’re straight from the Olympic games. ›››

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