Arnold Royalton

E.P. Arnold Royalton is a character from the Speed Racer film, he is portrayed by Roger Allam. He owns Royalton Industries and is a fierce competitor of many companies, one of them being Togokhan Motors.

In the film he offers Speed Racer a contract to be his driver alluring him with the good life. However, Speed later refuses, opting to keep the family feel of his team. Royalton then reveals that Speed has been disillusioned all this time and that all races are fixed with the outcome benefiting the sponsors. He threatens Speed that he will ensure he will not even finish a single race. He contracts Snake Oiler to dispatch of Taejo Togokhan and later Speed Racer in the Crucible, a no-holds barred rally race. This attempt fails and he later sics his GRX on Speed Racer at the Grand Prix with Jack "Cannonball" Taylor as the driver.

During a bout in the race it is revealed that he had equipped the GRX with Spear Hooks (which are illegal in the Grand Prix) which caused Royalton Industries to be disqualified. He is later exposed for all of his other acts of corruption with the help of Taejo Togokhan as a star witness.

Character traits
At first Royalton seemed like a pretty decent rich guy,who just wanted a new face for his growing-in-popularity racing team.But after Speed refused to race with him,everyone found out that Royalton was nothing but a fixer.In the end,we all can conclude that Royalton is a very terrible person.

Behind the scenes
He's a jerk