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Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards has revealed that the movie of his jump to stardom is underway.
Three years after Eddie sold the movie rights of his story to Sony and Paramount, Martin Freeman (Arthur Dent in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxay, and Tim in 'The Office') has apparently been cast as Eddie the Eagle. Eddie, you'll recall, became the anti-hero and peoples' champion (well, to some) of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
This report, in Eddie's own words, from The Guardian.
Eddie expresses some apprehensions about the making of the movie (but maybe got a nice big fat cheque!). Feelings of bitterness about his quashed ski jumping ambitions persist to this day:
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| Too many people thought I was a joke: I still feel I was hugely mistreated by the people who run skiing in Britain, both before and after the Calgary games. Skiing has always been a very marginal sport in Britain, and I would have thought they could have used me to promote it all over the world - I became a celebrity, after all. They didn't use me, though. And a couple of years later the British ski teams lost all their sponsorship. The Ski Federation sent me by mistake a letter that was scathing about me. The feeling's mutual. |
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Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sat 24-09-05 10:13; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think he had a lot of guts to do what he did, he certainly got Brits watching ski jumping and attracted some publicity to the sport, however it does seem that he was particularly badly treated by those in power, didn't they change the rules so he could no longer qualify or something after the olympics ?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think that the man is a bit pompous and takes himself a bit too seriously.
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Kramer, I think that at the time no-one took him seriously and all we have today is resentment on both sides. His hard work and devotion to his sport deserved better support and is inspiring but then the sports bodies reacted in such a way to stick a dam great barrier in front of those who are inspired but have not the funds nor the infrastructure to break through it. Lots of organisations are scared of the eccentrics and mavericks in their midst and often will do whatever possible to remove them whether fair or justified.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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C'mon guys, noone took him seriously because he was crap!
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Kramer, Yes, but there are a lot of people out in this big bad world who are crap at what they do and we take them very seriously . . . let's start with Dubya. 
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I think he's big on eagles, too.
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He was on radio 4 last week, commenting on a feature about the youngest Olympian - a Kuwaiti or UAE swimmer who was 13. It was about the wildcard system and its origins. Basically he was saying they brought it in to stop people like him.
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Kramer, he might have been crap, but am I right in thinking that he is still the best ski jumper that the UK has produced?
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DAVID F, I believe you're right I think he holds the UK ski-jumping record.
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The current British record holder is (Canadian-born) Glynn Pederson - I think it is for his 89m jump from a K90 competition in 2002 and for 113.5m jump on a K120 hill. Prior to Pederson the record holder was James Lambert with an 85m jump in 1994.
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Greetings to all Snowheads
Rob@rar is correct The current British record holder is (Canadian-born) Glynn Pederson. Glynn is a Canadian he is not British and as far as I am aware , he has never even been to UK or met any of us in the Team.
I was the reacord holder before him, however it was 81m (not 85m) ..... I will soon be setting a new record as i now live and train permanently in Scandinavia and I train with the Norwegian Team.
Wishing you all great winter skiing
regards James Lambert Team GBR
http://www.britishmastersteam.co.uk/
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| Kramer wrote: |
| I think that the man is a bit pompous and takes himself a bit too seriously. |
I've met him a few times in the Tamworth fridge, and he was always full of fun in person. He'd join in with the Wednesday night informal lessons
and lark about quite a bit.
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You know it makes sense.
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James Lambert, welcome to snowHeads and good luck with setting a new British record
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| James Lambert wrote: |
Greetings to all Snowheads
Rob@rar is correct The current British record holder is (Canadian-born) Glynn Pederson. Glynn is a Canadian he is not British and as far as I am aware , he has never even been to UK or met any of us in the Team.
I was the reacord holder before him, however it was 81m (not 85m) ..... I will soon be setting a new record as i now live and train permanently in Scandinavia and I train with the Norwegian Team.
Wishing you all great winter skiing
regards James Lambert Team GBR
http://www.britishmastersteam.co.uk/ |
Tjena James!
Are you training in Sweden at say Falun or across the border in Norway?
Ha det bra
Hej hej!
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Poster: A snowHead
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James Lambert, great photos on the website - I just have to try that!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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James Lambert, If this is indeed you and not some random sock puppet, good luck to you and keep at it, we're rooting for you!!
It's true that Eddie may well have been a figure of fun and has subsequently rode of the back of his 15mins but c'mon, for a fleeting moment back then he inspired the impossible i.e. a brit. Ski-jumping. At the Olympics. At least give credit to his spirit for having a go when no-one else (at that time) did.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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This movie has been in incubation for quite some time now.
On 8 August 2007 the media announced that Steve Coogan, rather than Martin Freeman, would play Eddie.
Last summer Eddie rejected a re-written screenplay for the movie - "... you could imagine Alan Partridge saying those things, but not me. There was nothing in the script that had actually happened" - but there were indications at the end of last year that the movie might finally go into production in 2009.
I don't believe that James Lambert is a sock puppet, but he may be Eddie's stuntman.
James Lambert, are you Eddie the Eagle's stuntman?
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The above quote is from an interesting article about Eddie in The Independent on 8 December last: click here.
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Yes I am the real James Lambert British Ski Jumping Champion..
I just got another newspaper report today
http://www.todmordennews.co.uk/sport/Tod39s-James-to-soar-into.4886181.jp
I was training in Lillehammer Norway yesterday... psychologically a hard training session a few technical adjustments made to my inrun balance which was affecting take off timing... eventually worked out well and then managed 3 jumps over 80m mark. B rrr....Bloody cold though -12 degrees C.
Just got new Fischer skiis and new Rass boots today .... very excited to try them now
best wishes to you all snowheads.....
James Lambert and Team GBR
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Sleipnir wrote: |
| James Lambert wrote: |
Greetings to all Snowheads
Rob@rar is correct The current British record holder is (Canadian-born) Glynn Pederson. Glynn is a Canadian he is not British and as far as I am aware , he has never even been to UK or met any of us in the Team.
I was the reacord holder before him, however it was 81m (not 85m) ..... I will soon be setting a new record as i now live and train permanently in Scandinavia and I train with the Norwegian Team.
Wishing you all great winter skiing
regards James Lambert Team GBR
http://www.britishmastersteam.co.uk/ |
Tjena James!
Are you training in Sweden at say Falun or across the border in Norway?
Ha det bra
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Tjener Sleipnir
Tack for hilsen ...
I dont train in Falun Sweden ... I travel to Oslo and train with the Norwegians, they are really good friends of mine. My trainer is Kenneth Braathen. The facilities and opportunity's in Norway are a lot better in Norway. I do hope to Jump Falun some day. I remember It was on the European Calender some years ago but we didnt go...cant remember why..
all the Best
James
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
This movie has been in incubation for quite some time now.
On 8 August 2007 the media announced that Steve Coogan, rather than Martin Freeman, would play Eddie.
Last summer Eddie rejected a re-written screenplay for the movie - "... you could imagine Alan Partridge saying those things, but not me. There was nothing in the script that had actually happened" - but there were indications at the end of last year that the movie might finally go into production in 2009.
I don't believe that James Lambert is a sock puppet, but he may be Eddie's stuntman.
James Lambert, are you Eddie the Eagle's stuntman?
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The above quote is from an interesting article about Eddie in The Independent on 8 December last: click here. |
Hi David
I dont have anything to do with Eddie... honestly.. he's a one man band. He doesnt even jump any more!
best regards
James
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yes .. come and try ... your very welcome 
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| James Lambert, great photos on the website - I just have to try that!! |
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I think it's fair to say James doesn't think much of Eddie.
"He [James] thinks he can break that 100 metre mark this winter. Recent performances have helped banish memories of Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, he believes.
'After years of Eddie the Eagle touring the world and making a joke out of himself and the sport, at last we have proved that the British team are athletes to be reckoned with on the international stage'."
Personally I find that type of comment pretty sad.
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| Dav wrote: |
| ...Personally I find that type of comment pretty sad. |
I guess you don't need me to explain the quote, which makes perfect sense to me.
What is it that makes you sad, precisely?
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Where's the quote sourced from, Dav?
We have to bear in mind that Calgary was 27 years ago, this thread began 10 years ago, and James Lambert (various postings above) popped in 6 years ago.
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You know it makes sense.
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It was in the link from above, that James posted. I just thought it was a bit of an unnecessary comment.
Still, like you say, water under the bridge from 2009.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Kramer wrote: |
| I think that the man is a bit pompous and takes himself a bit too seriously. |
I know Eddie a little and he is a nice, friendly, unassuming guy.
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