How Ed Speleers' Sinister You Character Led to His Netflix Rom-Com With Lindsay Lohan
Ed Speleers has been giving phenomenal performances for nearly two decades, but over the past year, it feels like his star is on the rise in a whole new way. His roles as the endearing Jimmy Kent in Downton Abbey and the terrifying Stephen Bonnet in Outlander brought him critical acclaim and accolades, but his recent work on Star Trek: Picard jettisoned his career into a whole new realm. One filled with a devoted fanbase actively advocating to see him reprise his role as Jack Crusher in a follow-up to Star Trek: Picard.
Over the past year, I have had the privilege of interviewing Speleers for Star Trek: Picard, as well as You, and every conversation with him is just as delightful as the last. So it is no surprise that I was eager to chat with him once more about his latest film: Netflix's visually sumptuous rom-com Irish Wish, starring Lindsay Lohan. In it, he stars as James Thomas, an intrepid photojournalist who crosses paths with Lohan's Maddie Kelly in Ireland while she's across the pond for her best friend's wedding. Speleers' natural charm makes him the picture-perfect romantic lead, but, as he revealed during our conversation, it was actually his sinister work in You that led him to the greener pastures of Ireland.
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