Ed Sheeran is actor: role in “The Bastard Executioner” – SPIEGEL ONLINE

In the last season of “Sons of Anarchy” he contributed a song – in the new series from the series creators Kurt Sutter he plays now with even: Ed Sheeran accepts a role in “The Bastard Executioner”.

Previously, he was better known for performances of watered-Art: Recently still dancing the British Softpopbarde Ed Sheeran in the video for his hit “Thinking Out Loud” in a black suit as ballroom dancers on the floor of a ballroom – and apparently directly in the the heart of so many: The video inspired the YouTube community, and later critics of the “MTV Video Music Awards”. Here the clip received four nominations.

Now wants the red-haired Briton but apparently break with the Softie Image: In the US television series “The Bastard Executioner” Sheeran took over a role berichtetet the trade magazine “Hollywood Reporter”. The 24-year-old musician plays in the role of a “power-hungry and murderous protégé a senior church elders”. In short, a bad guy.

The medieval epic about a heck converted Ritter is scheduled to begin later this year on the pay-TV channel FX. Director Kurt Sutter, who already was the director for “Sons of Anarchy”; for the last season of the series contributed Sheeran even with a song. By his own account, he is ardent supporter of the drama series about a California motorcycle gang.