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- “Alex Rider, who else?”
- ―Alex Rider after defeating Julius in Point Blanc.
Alex Rider is the titular main protagonist of the franchise and book series of the same name and it’s live action adaptations.
He is the nephew of a secret spy for MI6 Ian Rider, whom he lived with because his parents died in a plane crash when he was a baby. He is forced to being a spy for MI6
Powers and Abilities[]
- Peak of human physical condition
- Skilled in martial arts
- High-level intelligence
- Polyglotism: Studying the use of multiple languages. Alex speaks fluent French and Spanish and knows German, Italian, and Japanese
- Free climbing/Running
- Marksmanship
- Gunmanship
- Agility
- Bravery
- Detective capabilities
- Extreme Endurance
- Gadgetry
- Indominable Will: Withstanding interrogation and torture.
Quotes[]
- “It was weird. He... He looked at me strangely. Like he knew me. Like he recognized me. I'd never seen him before in my life. He had a scar down his face.”
- ―Alex Rider about his firstEncounter with Yussan Gregorovich in "Secrets"
About Alex[]
- “Consider for a moment. Tonight you tried to kill him - and not just simply with a bullet or a knife, but in a way that should have terrified him. He escaped and he found his way here. He must have seen the stairs. Any other boy - any man even - would have climbed them instantly. his only desire would have been to get out of here. But not Alex. He stopped; he searched. That is what makes him unique, and that is why he is so valuable to MI6”
- ―views on Alex
- “The boy didn’t move. Yassen admired him for that. If Alex had tried to run, he would have received a bullet in the back before he had taken two paces. Much better to talk. The two of them had unfinished business.”
- ―Yussan's thoughts on Alex Rider
Variants[]
Trivia[]
- Alex Rider is a teenage parody of James Bond. In fact, because Alex Rider's plot formulas closely mimic those of James Bond, and that Anthony Horowitz was a fan of Hitchcock films, he was later chosen by the Ian Fleming estate to write Bond novels beginning in 2015.
Film[]
- The failed film series was readapted into a TV series.
- In the books, Sabina Pleasure, the love of Alex' life, doesn't appear until volume 3: Skeleton Key.
- Because Alex Pettyfer was only fifteen years old at the time of the film, he could not drive, so the scripted car chase was changed to a horse chase.
- Anthony Horowitz, author of the book, recommended Alex Pettyfer to play Alex Rider after seeing his impressive performance in the lead role in the British TV drama Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005).
- This is Alex Pettyfer's 2nd major film role after he first debuted as 13 year old Tom Brown in Tom Brown's Schooldays. There he co-starred with Stephen Fry who played the headmaster of Rugby School Dr Arnold. 2 years later aged 15 Alex again stars alongside Stephen Fry who this time plays Smithers a Q type figure in MI6.
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