Alex: When you have already experienced going out and working in the real world, and you come back to school, you just see it as a playground and you don't want to be there any more.
Alex: (on television and film) Working on television is like being in a playground, but working on a film is like being in a big new world. It’s quite hard working on a film, but we all got on like a big family which made it easier.
Alex: (on Ewan McGregor) He was on set for two days. He’s a wonderful guy. I had lunch with him a couple of times. He’s very quiet in person, but he’s a fantastic actor.
Alex: (on his co-star Alicia Silverstone) I didn’t see her much except in the one scene. She’s great. It was a really hot day on the set because we didn’t have any fans that day. It was boiling, and she gave so much energy and you really come out of a scene with her great.
Alex: (on his character Alex Rider) He's not Harry Potter, he's not got magic powers, he's not Spiderman. He is on the face of it an ordinary schoolboy, and only when you get to put him in danger does he begin to discover that he has these abilities.
Alex: (on his Stormbreaker co-stars) In my eyes, they’re some of the best actors working today. People like Bill Nighy and Mickey Rourke and Ewan McGregor. It was fantastic to work with such a great cast and a fantastic crew. I learnt so much from them.
Alex: (on Stormbreaker) It's a little bit more complex than the book. It's still full of action, but action with a bit of comedy and a bit of sadness... and that's what we want to give everyone out there.
Alex: (on his film Stormbreaker) I think it will be a successful film. It's an action packed, comical, dramatic, lil' adventure which will take you on a ride for 90 minutes.
Alex: (on being Alex Rider) I’m very fortunate that I've been given this opportunity and it's fantastic to play a role model.
Alex: Parties don't thrill me. I like sitting at home with a tub of Chunky Monkey ice cream watching Big Brother or Friends.
He is rumored to be in the movie The Mummy 3 set to release in 2008.
Alex doesn't like football.
Alex attends Shiplake College, a prestigious college in Henley-on-Thames.
Alex's favourite movie is the 1992 film Chaplin.
Alex says if he wasn't an actor, he probably would be a race car driver.
Alex likes indie rock bands, such as the Kings of Leon and The Kooks.
Alex enjoys skiing, dancing, and hockey.
Alex wanted to be a policeman.
He would love to work with directors like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
He got offered the roles of both Alex Rider in Stormbreaker and Eragon in Eragon. Because the filming would clash, he had to choose one over the other, so he chose Stormbreaker because it interested him more and he wouldn't have to fly anywhere for filming.
His television debut was in Tom Brown's Schooldays.
At the age of seven, he was modeling for the company GAP.
Height 5' 11?" (1.82 m)
He played Willy Wonka in a school production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when he was younger.
He was hand-picked by Anthony Horowitz, the author of the Alex Rider Adventures, to play Alex in the film Stormbreaker.
He has a younger half-brother, James, who is a talented tennis player.
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