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INTO THE WILD

Source: Speedman’s character on animal Kingdom is less likable than many of the actor’s other roles—a welcome challenge

On Monday mornings, Scott Speedman likes to go to the movies alone. Solo trips to the theater are a ritual he’s enjoyed since he was a high school student in Toronto, when he was an elite swimmer who spent countless early mornings in the water, training furiously. Movies were an escape—he could take his mind off the pool and relax—and they still are. When the lights dim, it sparks in Speedman the kind of excitement he felt opposite Keri Russell, he’s back on the small screen in TNT’s sun-bleached crime drama . A youthful-looking 41, Speedman is at the top of his game playing a complicated and not-alwayslikable character—a welcome challenge for an actor who just might be the most likable guy in Hollywood.

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