Edward Westwick, film actor and musician, lead singer of the popular band The Filthy Youth, was born on June 27, 1987 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire County. Ed's father is a businessman, his mother is a psychologist. When the time came, the parents sent their son to a private boarding school, and after a while the boy moved to Barklay School, an educational institution with in-depth study of the humanities, including theater art. Then Edward entered the prestigious North Hertfordshire College. Between the sessions, young Westwick managed to star in Anthony Mingell's film "The Invasion," which was released in 2006. The role was small, but Ed felt like a real actor. The best films with Ed Westwick were yet to come.
First roles
In 2007, Westwick starred in two films at once: "The Son of Rambo" directed by Garth Jennings - about the boys who decided to shoot the film, and "The Lascivious California" directed by David von Enken - about how the famous writer lost all the most valuable and dropped to drunkenness. In both films, Ed Westwick, whose filmography needed replenishment, played secondary roles, but any role for a novice actor has its own value.
"Gossip"
In the same year, the television project "Gossip Girl" was launched - a teenage series about life, about love, about quarrels and reconciliations, about soft drugs and endless disputes about the meaning of existence and the accompanying everyday problems. About everything. The series consists of six seasons, 120 episodes. The creator of the series is Josh Schwartz, known as the author of the series O.S. (Lonely Hearts). Ed Westwick played Chuck, Charles Bass, the son of billionaire Bart Bass. Throughout the series, Chuck is in close relationship with Blair Waldorf, who deliberately surrounds herself with close-minded girlfriends in order to constantly feel her superiority.
Ed Westwick received three awards for his participation in the Gossip Girl series: twice he was awarded the Teen Choice Awards (in 2008 and 2009) and once the Young Hollywood Awards in 2009.
Variety of roles
In 2008, right after the first season of the series "Gossip Girl", Ed Westwick, filmography whom at that time looked still modest, played a small role in the psychological drama "100 Feet" about the fate of the unfortunate woman Marnie Watson, who killed her tyrant husband, not with the strength to endure his bullying. The court sentenced her to several years of house arrest, and it was better than to sit the same term in prison. However, Marnie soon realized that there was a real danger lurking behind the house arrest. In order for the verdict to be carried out scrupulously, Shanks was assigned to her - a policeman, a close friend of her husband, who could not forgive Marnie for the murder of his friend. A woman loses sleep, she is constantly in tension and, in addition, begins to feel the presence of the ghost of her ex-husband, who is hungry for revenge.
Fiction
The film, under the obscure name "S. Darko", directed by Chris Fisher, was scripted by Nathan Atkins at the 20th Century Fox Studios in 2009. Ed Westwick played Randy Holt. Numerous explosions accompanying the journey of Samantha Darko and her friend Corey Richardson portend the imminent end of the world. And indeed, soon a huge meteorite hits the city, causing destruction and death.
First major role
In 2011, Ed Westwick starred in the comedy How to Marry a Billionaire directed by Fili Trail, where he played Johnny, the son of a billionaire. Kim Matthews, a skateboarding champion, goes to an alpine ski resort in search of work. She has to master the snowboard, but she doubts that it will succeed - it’s one thing on a roller skate board, another - the same board, but in the snow. Kim meets Johnny, something like friendships between them. However, Johnny is engaged to another girl, but Kim does not know this. Her new friend pays for the lessons that Kim takes, and in the evening they remain alone and get closer. Johnny's mother finds out about this and warns Kim that Johnny is not free and will marry soon. Kim is packing up and wants to leave. Johnny soon breaks up with his fiancee Chloe and makes an offer to Kim.
Officer Smith
Films with Ed Westwick are diverse in genre and content, the actor is easily reincarnated. In the same 2011, director and producer Clint Eastwood made the film "J. Edgar" about the permanent director of the FBI, Edgar Hoover. The main role was played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The picture was not awarded with prizes, but received several prestigious nominations. Ed Westwick, whose photo had already begun to appear in glossy magazines by that time, brilliantly played one of the FBI officers, Agent Smith.
Shakespeare Classic
The film "Romeo and Juliet" based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare was directed in 2013 by director Carlo Carly based on a script by Julian Fellows. Romeo was played by Douglas Booth, the role of Juliet was played by Haley Steinfield. Ed Westwick played Juliet's brother, Tybalt. The production of the new film version was successful largely due to the participation of the famous director of photography David Tattersall, who starred George Lucas's Star Wars and The Green Mile with Tom Hanks.
Ed Westwick, whose filmography today contains about 30 paintings, is preparing for new roles. The role of the actor allows him to play in a fairly wide range, and he uses it.
Personal life
Ed Westwick, whose personal life is under the constant attention of newspaper men, is surprised at such popularity. There is an opinion among journalists that Westwick is an interesting object for hot reporting, although so far it has not given the slightest cause for sensation. On the set of Gossip Girl, Ed met Jessica Zor, and they dated for a while. Then the relationship became closer, young people almost never parted. This continued until the spring of 2010, and in May, the alliance of Jessica and Ed broke up. "Too much headache from these girls ..." said the actor when asked about the reasons for the breakup. However, only three months passed, and they met again ... on the set of the fourth season of the series "Gossip Girl".
Fortunately, the personal relationships of actors never go into a professional plane, all emotions, feelings and addictions remain outside the set. This is a kind of movie actor code, and even more so - movie stars with a name. It is characteristic that close relations are established, as a rule, precisely on the set, but the breakdown of these relations always occurs outside the pavilion. And this is not a fear of getting into the frame, but rather, the ethics of filmmaking, its specificity.
Ed's personal life consists not only of meetings with actresses. He is fanatically in love with pop music and is the lead singer of his own group in the format of a quartet of solo guitars, slide guitars, bass guitars and drums. Nevertheless, cinema art is the main thing in Westwick’s life, and he can’t always be in England with his musicians, he has to spend most of his time in Hollywood or in New York. Therefore, the actor is thinking about how to create another one group in Los Angeles. Ed Westwick is one of the few musicians in the history of English rock who does not seek to commercialize his musical achievements. For the entire existence of the group not a single album has been released. Musicians do not even think about financial issues, they do not have a director. The issue of touring is also not considered, although the level of training of all participants is quite high, and the repertoire is ultramodern.