Who is Rupert Angier from The Prestige and what is their importance? The_Prestige English & Literature Rupert Angier | The Prestige

Rupert Angier was known to Alfred Borden before their lives intersected. Angier wrote letters to several magical publications advising that if the magicians were so skilled that they should perform in the round, surrounded by the audience. Ironically, these were published long after Angier had written them, and he was embarrassed by how they read when they were published. Later, Borden and Angier meet when Angier takes on grieving families as a spiritualist and Borden exposes him. In Borden's attempt to expose Angier, he pushes Angier's pregnant wife to the floor, causing her to miscarry. Angier takes every opportunity to expose and embarrass Alfred Borden from that point on.