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Skandar Keynes
Birth at
5 September 1991
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Skandar Keynes has a rather remarkable pedigree. He is a distant descendant of Charles Darwin. His great-grandfather and great-grandmother were Nobel laureates, his grandfather on his father’s side was the famous physiologist Richard Keynes, and his maternal grandfather was an adviser to the Tunisian president. Skandar’s father is writer and environmentalist Randall Keynes. Finally, Skandar’s uncle is a professor at Cambridge University. With such a number of scientific relatives, as all others
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Skandar Keynes has a rather remarkable pedigree. He is a distant descendant of Charles Darwin. His great-grandfather and great-grandmother were Nobel laureates, his grandfather on his father’s side was the famous physiologist Richard Keynes, and his maternal grandfather was an adviser to the Tunisian president. Skandar’s father is writer and environmentalist Randall Keynes. Finally, Skandar’s uncle is a professor at Cambridge University. With such a number of scientific relatives, as all others believed, the boy’s direct path is classical education and scientific activity. Skandar as a child dreamed of a career as an actor and played in children's theater productions. Fate met him: at a young age he played his first role in the movie. His character was a very young Endo Ferrari. Yes, the one whose name later became the brand of the car. Then Skandar was invited to participate in a new project. In 2004, he played Edmund Pevensey.
The Chronicles of Narnia . Filming took a long time, and the boy grew quickly. In addition, his voice began to break. Therefore, Edmund’s remarks were often uttered by Skandar’s sister, Sumaia. All this time he studied at the Anna Sher Theatre School and a private general education school.
It is possible, however, that the dreams of relatives about a scientific career for the boy will come true. Scandar grew up, did not stop loving cinema, but now for him it is only a hobby of childhood, which sooner or later will go away. Scandar wants to be a heart surgeon. And he is also a great athlete: he does taekwondo, plays football and cricket, rides and jumps with a parachute, which leads to a nervous breakdown of the producers. In addition, Skandar is passionate about music and plays several instruments at once: flute, cello, guitar, horn. And writes for newspapers reviews of new movies. /