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RT mkhammer Yes, we've heard that about him, Ewan: http://bit.ly/2Gz0i7 EWAN! Why do you make it so hard for me to love you? 10/20/2009 |
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Evan McGregor-upcoming films “The Ghost”,“The Men Whos Stare at Goats”,& “I Love You, Phillip Morris” with controversy http://bit.ly/3IaUWo 10/19/2009 |
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Ewan McGregor: roles with controversy: Los Angeles Times She called me about "Amelia" just as I arrive.. http://bit.ly/fMpPG 10/17/2009 |
Lindsay Destroys A Cake, Madonna's Neighbors Sue, And Hugh Might Turn Down The Oscars [Dirt Bag]
Jezebel —
... ] "I was pretty upset. I don't like to think of him sitting in a prison cell. But I wouldn't comment upon it because it's a very complicated issue, you know? It seems odd. He's been living in Switzerland for years and I've visited him there, so this is all very strange."- Ewan McGregor on Roman Polanski [ LATimes ] Kiera Knightley , Amy Winehouse , and Nicole Kidman all all being considered to play Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic. [ ...
A Busy Weekend In Hollywood: Kardashian Burgled; Pratt Arrested; Reznor Married [Dirt Bag]
Jezebel —
... on Roman Polanski , who directed The Ghost , in which Ewan stars. [ LA Times ] "The best part for me now is that I think for the first nine months mom is so essential. When they start hanging out with dad more you're like, 'Wow I feel like a dad.' You go to music class and do fun stuff together, it's cool. It makes me realize all of the little things that my dad sacrificed when he had me. It's sad it took 30 years but I totally realize it now." ...
Ewan McGregor on Roman Polanski, Daniel Day-Lewis, and making out with Jim Carrey
Oh No They Didn't! —
... It seemed to go down very well there at Sundance. It's a love story, an escape movie and a comedy, all about this man who goes to incredible lengths to be with the man he loves. I like it because it's a gay film, which is to say it's a film about two men in love, and I think that's an important element of it. But it's not a film about them being gay. They just happen to be gay. I also got to French kiss Jim Carrey a lot, and I quite like that too. source
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World of Wonder Productions —
... movie and a comedy, all about this man who goes to incredible lengths to be with the man he loves. I like it because it's a gay film, which is to say it's a film about two men in love, and I think that's an important element of it. But it's not a film about them being gay. They just happen to be gay. I also got to French kiss Jim Carrey a lot, and I quite like that too." – busy actor Ewan McGregor (three movies in the can and one unfinished) to the LA Times about the based-on-a-true-story I Love You, Phillip Morris. ...
Ewan McGregor to present at the BAFTAs + a new interview
Scottish Actors —
... There's also an interview with Ewan from last Sunday's LA Times. In the interview he talked about his upcoming films - The Ghost, The Men Who Stare at Goats, I Love You, Phillip Morris, and Amelia. Here's an excerpt from ...
Ewan McGregor Talks 'The Ghost'; Says Polanski Is "Brusque, But Brilliant"
:: The Playlist :: —
... McGregor recently spoke about working with the legendary film director and was candid about his blunt demeanor, but also highly laudatory about his skills. "He pushes you quite hard and always demands that you look for the truth of the scene and pushes until you get there, until you stop acting it and you start feeling it. But he's also got quite a brusque manner, so you have to have a thick skin," McGregor told the L.A. Times. ...
Ewan McGregor: Roman Polanski situation is “strange”
Cele|bitchy —
... very well there at Sundance. It’s a love story, an escape movie and a comedy, all about this man who goes to incredible lengths to be with the man he loves. I like it because it’s a gay film, which is to say it’s a film about two men in love, and I think that’s an important element of it. But it’s not a film about them being gay. They just happen to be gay. I also got to French kiss Jim Carrey a lot, and I quite like that too.
[From The Los Angeles Times]
Ewan hasn’t signed the Polanski petition, so I think he was just ...
Ewan McGregor Praises Polanski’s Direction; Meanwhile Polanski May Return Willingly to US
/Film —
... So he’s brilliant but difficult. Right, we knew that, more or less. Still, good to hear it from McGregor. Read the whole LA Times interview to get some other fun stuff from the actor, like how he enjoyed making out with Jim Carrey. He also says he hasn’t been following the Polanski arrest story, because “I don’t like to think of him sitting in a prison cell. But I wouldn’t comment upon it because it’s a very complicated issue, you know?” ...
Ewan McGregor Calls Roman Polanski a 'Completely Brilliant Director'
FirstShowing.net —
... , since we last heard about anything major regarding Roman Polanski's continued imprisonment after his arrest in Switzerland back in September. The LA Times recently sat down with Ewan McGregor, the star of Polanski's now interrupted film The Ghost, in order to talk with him about his role and his experience with Polanski. "He's also got quite a brusque manner, so you have to have a thick skin. That said, I'm very fond of him. He's one of the very few completely brilliant directors that I've worked with. There aren't ...
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my new plaid pants —
... Take note, actors-playing-gay - once again, Ewan McGregor has shown you the way to do it. In a chat with Ewan at LAT, his upcoming flick I Love You, Phillip Morris comes up, and witness the exchange: ...
Ewan McGregor Recalls the Greatest Day of His Life
Vulture —
... wide open and we were waiting in this room that just so happened to have this old electric piano in it, and I remember Jeff got so excited. He was like, 'Oh, man! They put this keyboard here so we can get into it!' And so he started playing these wild, trippy sound effects on this keyboard. Us in our big black eyes, the Dude on keyboard, I just thought, 'It doesn't get much better than this.'" —Ewan McGregor on his role in The Men Who Stare at Goats [LAT] ...
From behind bars, Polanski working on THE GHOST.
Crimespree Cinema —
... can make his wishes known from his cell. I don’t think he can make phone calls, but he can communicate. What people think of the film is another matter. Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director now finds himself, I don’t know. We will test to the upper limits the notion that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” On a related note, GHOST star Ewen McGregor recently shared his thoughts on Polanski with the L.A. Times: He pushes you quite hard and always demands that you look for the truth of the ...
The Men Who Stare at Goats, trailer 2
Awards Daily —
Ewan McGregor interviewed in the LATimes last weekend:
How much of what goes on in “The Men Who Stare at Goats” do you think is true? The LSD, the telekinesis, the military secrecy . . .
Most of it’s true! In fact, the most unbelievable parts of the film are the true ones. The mundane bits are the bits we made up. The journalist in Iraq — my story, the character I play — is an invention. But there was a rumor that the Russian psychics ...
MD News Desk: 3 More Days 'Til Halloween ...
Movie Dearest —
... and chills during Saturday's Halloween marathon, including a salute to horrormeister Val Lewton. Awards Watch: - For the first time in 15 years, the Golden Globes will have a host: Ricky Gervais. RIP: - Character actor Lou Jacobi, who played Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank on stage and screen, passed away Friday at the age of 95. Cinematic Crushes: - Ewan McGregor on playing Gore Vidal's dad in Amelia and kissing Jim Carrey ...
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