Things took a turn for the worse two years ago when Sam dropped a bombshell when he returned home from a TV interview in Germany, saying she wanted to leave him That story has been given the full Hollywood treatment and turned into a family-friendly comedy by British producer Matthew Vaughn and director Dexter Fletcher.Įddie is played by Welsh actor Taron Egerton as an endearing goofball with bad spectacles and a shocking underbite. I won’t see any royalties unless the film makes a crazy amount – something like £65 million at the box office – so I’m not expecting anything other than a resurgence of interest in me and my story,’ he reveals. That’s payable now, but will be eaten up by my divorce. ‘I sold the film rights to my life story for £180,000 18 years ago. The movie has attracted a stellar cast including X-Men star Hugh Jackman and Hollywood veteran Christopher Walken, but financially it won’t help Eddie the Eagle soar again. Instead of having £200,000 in the bank I am now down to my last £5,000.’Įddie is a devoted father to the couple’s two daughters – Ottilie, 11, and Honey, nine – and is taking them to the premiere of the film of his life in London on March 17. ‘It wiped out everything I had saved from the last 35 years. His financial settlement to Sam was finalised last week. The couple are now divorced following a settlement that Eddie described as 'expensive' ![]() Sadly, in real life he didn’t get a Hollywood-style happy ending – the fortune he made was lost by alleged mismanagement (not his) and now he is grieving the loss of his cosy family life too.Įddie, now 52, met wife Sam Morton while working as a radio presenter, and the couple married in a drive-through ceremony at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas in 2003.Įddie with his ex-wife Sam Morton. But his underdog Olympic story made him a folk hero at home and a celebrity everywhere else. The record books show that Eddie came last in both the 70m and the 90m jumps at the 1988 Calgary Games. ![]() Perhaps the most surprising thing about Eddie’s life is that it’s taken this long to turn it into a movie. His bottle-bottom glasses frequently fogged up under his goggles so sometimes he jumped blind. He had neither a coach nor a sponsor, and often ate food scavenged from campsite bins, carefully sifting waste for scraps to reheat. Eddie the Eagle pictured left in 1988 training for the winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, next to Taron Egerton, right, who plays Eddie in a new biopic about the ski jumper's life
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