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Awards Chatter

Ewan McGregor - 'A Gentleman in Moscow' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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In front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Scotsman, who burst on to the scene in 1995's 'Trainspotting,' reflects on his early collaborations with Danny Boyle, his uncertainty about committing to do George Lucas' second 'Star Wars' trilogy and why, in recent years, he has increasingly gravitated toward TV limited series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good evening, everyone.

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Very excited to be here this evening because we are celebrating this.

0:59.7

We are going to be diving into the life and career of this year's Newport Beach Film Festival TV Performance of the Year Award recipient.

1:07.8

He is a Scotsman who has been one of our great actors on screens, big and small,

1:12.3

for more than 30 years. And now, at the age of 53, he is being celebrated with some of the

1:18.1

best reviews of his career and with the aforementioned Festival Honor for his terrific turn

1:23.3

as an aristocrat whose life is upended by the Russian Revolution on the Paramount Plus

1:27.9

limited series, a gentleman in Moscow. When he first burst onto the scene in the 1990s, most

1:33.7

notably in train spotting, the New York Times declared, quote, not since Daniel Day Lewis

1:39.3

and Gary Oldman has Britain produced such a chameleon. Producers and directors say he has that ineffable star quality.

1:46.2

Some say he is the most interesting actor to come out of Scotland since Sean Connery, close quote.

1:50.9

And in the words of my own publication, The Hollywood Reporter, this actor quickly became, quote,

1:56.0

the poster boy for a generation, close quote.

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