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On the big screen: Eddie the Eagle
Starring: Christopher Walken, Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton.
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher.
Lovable underdog Michael “Eddie” Edwards made history by becoming Great Britain’s first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics.
Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael “Eddie” Edwards travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping.
Fate leads him to Bronson Peary, a former ski jumper who now works as a snowplow driver.
Impressed by Edwards’ spirit and determination, Peary agrees to train the young underdog.
Despite an entire nation counting him out, Eddie’s never-say-die attitude takes him all the way to a historic and improbable showing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta.
