And now, his story is a feature film. Eddie The Eagle stars Taron Egerton ( Kingsman ) as Eddie, the son of a plasterer (Keith Allen) who dreams of being an Olympian, and has since he was 10-years ...

The skiing legend, who shot to fame during the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988, was handed wads of used cash from a Del ...

Like those hapless athletes, Edwards now has his own movie, “Eddie the Eagle,” out Friday. Edwards is portrayed by Taron Egerton, while Hugh Jackman plays a fictional jumper-turned-trainer.

Michael Edwards, known as “Eddie the Eagle”, was a British ski-jumper who rose to fame at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Edwards was first introduced to the slopes at age 13 and quickly took to ...

“Eddie the Eagle,” however, finds a loophole or two around that self-imposed restriction. Not only is it set in the 1980s and thus, not a contemporary story, but it’s not even a homegrown ...

In the 1988 Calgary Olympics, British ski jumper “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards was dubbed “Mr. Magoo” by the press for his thick glasses and clumsy performance — and he loved it. A record ...

"Eddie the Eagle" lays an egg. A poorly written, dreadfully directed salute to underdogs - think "Rocky," but with pale lager and even paler louts - the movie is a salute to that most improbable ...

The reason I’m hardly likely to be the only reviewer to say “Eddie the Eagle” is “Rudy” on the ski slopes is because “Eddie the Eagle” ...

As Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton’s script has it, Eddie finally got passably good at downhill skiing, but when the time came to pick Britain’s 1988 team, he was just too big a klutz. But when ...