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Ewan McGregor reflects on ‘very painful time’ with daughter after divorce

Ewan McGregor reflects on ‘very painful time’ with daughter after divorce

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Ewan McGregor has spoken about mending his relationship with daughter Clara, 30, after the pair clashed following his divorce from first wife Eve Mavrakis in 2020. The Trainspotting actor, who shares four daughters with Mavrakis, split from his wife of 22 years in 2017. He began a relationship with Fargo co-star Mary Elizabeth Winstead the same year. After finalising his divorce from Mavrakis three years later, McGregor welcomed a son with Winstead before marrying her in 2022. McGregor, 55, has now opened up about how his divorce impacted his family, revealing that his eldest daughter Clara was “very hurt” at the time. However, they managed to work things out while working on the 2023 film Bleeding Love, which Clara had asked her father to star in with her. Ewan McGregor with now-wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Getty) “It was about the reparation …

Ewan McGregor hits out at criticism of his Star Wars films: ‘I learned not to give a s***’

Ewan McGregor hits out at criticism of his Star Wars films: ‘I learned not to give a s***’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Ewan McGregor has reflected on the negative critical response to his trilogy of Star Wars movies. The Scottish actor, who shot to fame in the Nineties with hits including Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’s trilogy of Star Wars prequels, from 1999 to 2005. But the movies – which also starred Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen – drew largely unfavourable reviews at the time. They also became slightly infamous for its near-constant use of CGI technology, and the introduction of the maligned space creature Jar Jar Binks. Speaking at the Edinburgh Film Festival, where he took part in a live commentary of Trainspotting, McGregor was asked about his relationship to Star Wars when he first signed onto the franchise. Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ (Disney Plus) “Deciding to do it was hard,” he said. “Because at …

Ewan McGregor says his Star Wars films were ‘dragged through the mud’

Ewan McGregor says his Star Wars films were ‘dragged through the mud’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Ewan McGregor has reflected on the negative critical response to his trilogy of Star Wars movies. The Scottish actor, who shot to fame in the Nineties with hits including Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’s trilogy of Star Wars prequels, from 1999 to 2005. But the movies – which also starred Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen – drew largely unfavourable reviews at the time. They also became slightly infamous for its near-constant use of CGI technology, and the introduction of the maligned space creature Jar Jar Binks. Speaking at the Edinburgh Film Festival, where he took part in a live commentary of Trainspotting, McGregor was asked about his relationship to Star Wars when he first signed onto the franchise. Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ (Disney Plus) “Deciding to do it was hard,” he said. “Because at …

The End of Oak Street review: Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor go prehistoric

The End of Oak Street review: Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor go prehistoric

Published by Daniella Wilson

A star rating of 4 out of 5. High concept doesn’t always equal high quality – we like sharks! We like tornadoes! Job done! But in this instance “dinosaurs in the suburbs” works a dream. It’s a loving homage to Steven Spielberg and The End of Oak Street less rips off Jurassic Park, ET and Jaws and more relies on audiences’ love for those films and the nostalgia they are imbued with to bring a fresh take to the ‘Spielburbia’ sub-genre. In the hands of director David Robert Mitchell, who made breakout horror hit It Follows, this is a moving, funny and thrilling family-friendly 12A romp, which still has a murky dark heart at the centre. Set (initially) in 1982, Oak Street lies in a friendly neighbourhood of kids on bikes, perfect lawns sullied by naughty dogs, school bullies and hot new high-schoolers. The Platt family – mum Denise (Anne Hathaway), dad Greg (Ewan McGregor) and kids Audrey (Maisy Stella) and Brian (Christian Convery), with rescue dog Starbuck, are ostensibly the perfect unit, but beneath …