5 Quotes & Sayings By Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton was born in Leicester, England. He studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is an accomplished actor, with credits in award-winning films including Young Adam (2009), Great Expectations (1998), Swinging with the Finkels (2011) and Arthur (2011). He also appeared as Jimmy Porter in the film adaptation of Great Expectations (2008) Read more

At age nineteen, he was cast as David Copperfield in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' most famous novel. The film was a critical and commercial failure. In 2011 he was cast as Eddie Brock/Venom in the Spider-Man reboot starring Tom Holland.

His other credits include playing Billy Casper in a highly acclaimed series of television adaptations of John Wyndham's novels The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes.

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I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards. Taron Egerton
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that. Taron Egerton
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I'm into books - I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round. Taron Egerton
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The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters. Taron Egerton