13 MPH / Jeff Daniels Needs a Job

We need a bad guy, but it’s hard to discuss the villain of SPEED without also discussing the journey of Harry Temple, Jack Traven’s LAPD SWAT team partner who, until the big 11th-hour rewrite, was actually revealed to be the mad bomber at the center of the story. Actor Jeff Daniels comes to the table with his memories and experiences as a character actor, at the time, desperate for a career turnaround.