Ewan McGregor on Connecting with Obi-Wan Fans & Making a Movie with His Daughter Clara McGregor
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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2024
- Ewan talks about being in Orlando for MegaCon, connecting with Star Wars and “Obi-Wan” fans, and his daughter Clara McGregor talks about growing up on movie sets, being shown a film where her dad is naked in a class in high school, making the movie Bleeding Love together, and both of them being smitten with Nicolas Cage.
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I was at Megacon this past weekend and got a photo with him. That is TOTALLY the vibe I got from him! A true gentleman who genuinely cared about meeting his fans.
Same here. Very patient and kind -- I was in Group 6 that Sunday for his photo ops.
Couldn't say that about Susan Sarandon.
@@user-zz7dz7cc3f I was in Group 2 on Sunday. 😁
Oh boy, that's disappointing to hear about Susan Sarandon.
🤮🤮🤮
lol yeah now how much was the autograph?
@@davidb6403worth it! A worth it amount!
Ewan McGregor talking about being blown away by Wild at Heart and Dream Scenario. And his daughter a genuine Cage fan. Just brilliant.
His documented motorcycle trips are well worth seeing…
Whats it called?
@@I_name_All_my_guns There are 3 series: Long Way Round, Long Way Down, & Long Way Up. Supposedly, there's a 4th one in the works.
@@Kitty8791 thanks. I'm going to check them out!
Man these are amazing. It feels like you're with them. Long way round made me hate KTM for a period of time because I was so sucked into the docu hahah a bit redickulous but funny now haha
I love him. He is one of my favorites!
He's so so nervous when clara joined them, adorable
Such a wholesome story, the girl who saved up money to meet him at megacon and gave him the letter saying it was such a huge moment in her life but only a tiny moment for him… I really hope she sees this interview, because that interaction clearly had an impact and meant a lot for Ewan as well ❤
No wonder he fitted Obi Wan role so perfectly, he's like real life Jedi, at lest ideology, he helps in so many charities its amazing that he has time to make movies.
I loved this whole interview. Always good to hear Ewan talk about Star Wars and Clara seems delightful as well. Ewan also acted alongside one of his other daughters, Esther, in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
He's completely right about the people praising the prequels now. They are different people. It's people like me who saw it in theaters as a kid.
Ewan is my all-time favorite actor, I am so glad he's still holding the youthful Looks and fun spirits. My favorite film of him was a long bike-ride across Europe to Monoline... I am happy he's living a good life.
I am a life long motorcyclist and love Ewan's motorcycle documentaries... Then add all his great movies it makes it way to easy to admire him so much.
I have his docu series so many times. The electric bike must been so hard to plan
He nailed it as Obi-Wan.
Moustached Obi-Wan looks like Jesus. Coincidence? I think not.
hear, hear. He really studied Alec Guinness and had all his little mannerisms down. i loved the Obi-Wan series so very much.
The great thing about the original series is that most of the actors were unknowns so you could get into the story. The next trilogy was horrible because it was basically a star studded cast all wanting get their name associated with Star Wars just didn't work for me at all. not to mention the stories sucked. Rogue One is the only movie I've liked since.
@@debandmike3380 TLJ was brilliant, in my opinion, and introduced many things the franchise needed -- but they squandered all of it with TRoS (even though i loved many things about that movie as well). ANYWAY, where i was going with this is that i agree that Rogue One was also fantastic, and if you haven't watched Andor yet, i think you really should, because so far it lives up to what Rogue One was all about.
Well hello there (IYKYK)
I was around Ewan and Mary a bit around that difficult time. They were both so deeply kind to me. I have some solid memories with Ewan and he was so down to earth. Major major car enthusiast, especially with restoring old Volkswagens. He showed me this vintage VW truck he was restoring. It was a gorgeous vehicle.
Wow, that's cool. Were you working with him, or was this in a different context?
@@gallopingnuns6732 It was a different context. I was an actor and filmmaker, but to pay my bills I worked in interior design. So I was around A LOT of actors on set and at work. At work I would be around them for extended periods of time until we finished what they needed. Most of the time people were really good with me, but sometimes they were insane. I loved it because I never knew who I was going to get to meet from one day to the next, and I’d spend hours or days working with them and would get to know them on a more personal basis.
@@TheConstructiveCritic888 Thanks for elaborating. What an interesting line of work!
Nice to hear and thanks for sharing, he seems like a good man and who doesn’t root for the good guys - especially when they make great films and fantastic motorcycle travelogues.
Suuuurrrrre
Been a fan of Ewan's since Shallow Grave. What a career he's had and continues to have.
Such an underrated film!!!
Indeed. @@gloomgirl
even if the movie is a complete dud his role in it always manages to elevate it.
What career? Lmao
What has been in recently outside of Obi-Wan which he's now begging for a 2nd season?
Shallow grave came out in '94 - he's been acting since then in around 75 films (according to a search), not sure I see how that's not a career! @@georgejones5019
I melted in under a minute. ❤❤❤😍 Ewan’s voice hasn’t changed at ALL! 😮 I’d love to hear him sing more often!
Jimmy is notorious for inane interview questions but to hear Ewan speak so eloquently about the impact of Star Wars and for Jimmy to let him speak uninterrupted, I really appreciate it.
Poor Ewan is visibly uncomfortable as his daughter is talking about “The Pillow Book”. 😩😃🙈
Can’t wait to see their movie together🥰
Go do a better job
Ewan deserved an Oscar for Trainspotting 🏆
Omg! I forgot about that one, that movie is insanely great!
"The Pillow Book," Trainspotting," "Young Adam" - my beloved films, my beloved actor of all times!!!
Agreed! That film deserved a handful of Oscars but didn’t even win the one single one it was nominated for (best adapted screenplay). Such a fantastic movie with great performances all round. Robert Carlyle as the iconic Begbie should have got a nod for best supporting actor lol 😃
@@clothilde1623 Spud was a great character too
@@DouglasRichardson-er4ky “Cause like I’m a bit of a perfectionist, actually. Yes I am. See, for me it’s got to be the best or is nothing at all. Like, things get a bit dodgy I just cannot be bothered.”
(Greatest interview flub ever 😂 Ewan Bremner is brilliant.)
Ewan in Fargo was outstanding as his character and his brothers character.
Can't believe Ewan has a 28 year old daughter! I know he's 52, but he carries himself like a much younger guy and he doesn't look his age either. His daughter must've taken after her mother 100% since she looks nothing like him.
Her mother is French, I remember some of her appearance in LONG WAY DOWN in the middle of Africa 🌍
Yeah she looks a lot like her Mum (also remember seeing her on that show)@@___beyondhorizon4664
They have a similar profile.
She def. speaking with the correct accent and yeah, her lips came from mom
Esther looks like him, Clara her mom.
Ewan was a gentlemen at celebration. We had a photo opp and even though the limit was a family of 4 (we were a family of 5) the handlers was going to stop our 10yr old from the group photo. Ewan told them no, let all of them in. One of the best photo’s we took together as a family. Obi Wan Kenobi, thank you for the memories! The force was strong that day
I was at Star Wars Celebration last year and of all the amazing things that I saw there, my favourite thing was simply being somewhere with thousands of other people who loved Star Wars as much as I do and it really put the negativity that's seemingly everywhere into perspective because it's just a very vocal minority who will always be outnumbered, and I'm so grateful to have had the experience.
I think he hit the nail on the head. My father introduced me to the original trilogy on VHS when I was young, but the Phantom Menace was the Star Wars that I saw in theatres when I was 9.
Clara's 17-year-old classmates, mature enough not to crack jokes after watching The Pillow Book: ...
Jimmy Kimmel: hold my beer
He's done some of the most bizarre and interesting movies I've ever seen. Love this guy.
Ewan is aging so well.
I've always had a bit of a crush on him, he is just looking fabulous. Had to say it.
❤❤❤
Agreed except I never crushed on him. Long time since Trainspotting
i've been crushing on him since Trainspotting, haha -- and he just gets better and better looking with age!
I've had a crush on him since Moulin Rouge lol
@@Alicia_1970 PREACH!
Saw him at MegaCon. He’s a great guy
Great to see Ewan. Only 52, also a great actor like Nic Cage. Young Clara is amazingly fun, funny, and beautiful . Thank you Jimmy and the Jimmy Kimmel Live writers and crew .
it was a small moment for you but a giant moment for me... Ewan making me emotional over here! our Obi Wan🦊
Great actor beautiful man beautiful voice. So much love between dad n daughter-love love Ewan! 💙
EXCELLENT interview! Engaging, interesting, funny… Kudos to these three
Ewan is the man 👏🏾he's great as Obi-Wan and in so many other roles. He even does the voice for Expedia commercials! Great actor great person
I just finished watching Obi-Wan yesterday and I absolutely loved it.
I love all of the Star Wars show, but I really LOVE the Obi-Wan show. So intense and well done. Bravo to all of you! I 👏👏👏👏
The most handsome man on this earth . ❤
It was so good information, thank you for making this video 👍
Honestly I was a kid when the prequels came out...and well, I'm not a fan, but I've always thought Ewan McGregor was doing a great job...and when I was a few years older and got to see trainspotting it became even clearer to me what a talented actor he is.
Ewan was one of the few good things about the prequels (which is impressive given Lucas’s ineptitude in writing dialogue, and the amount of screen time he had to share with Jar Jar Stinks 😖), and his acting at the climax of Revenge of the Sith was by far the best performance in any of those films. Actually, in _any_ Star Wars film.
He’s just phenomenal in Trainspotting.
Trainspotting is one of the best movies of all time.
Great interview. JK is underrated as a skilled interviewer, his timing, his wit, his sincerity..Ewans daughter is a beautiful product of solid parenting and schooling.
Not Clara having to watch his dad naked with her whole class on the pillow book 😭😭😭
I was cringing in the lead up thinking it was trainspotting. But I think the pillow book is kind of a worse case scenario
The audacity of the teacher to even ask her is wild, the movie is a soft porn
Her mother is French, they have a different mindset
@@fuzzymugs I don't think that isn't audacious. Her teacher wanted to let them know before they showed it -- it would be more mortifying if her teacher just popped it in during class without saying so
Jimmy asked if the class had been mature enough. Right after dropping a joke about where she has come from... Obviously less maturity than Clara's ex-class.
I loooove "the pillow book", it's so good and I've as soon it was available to rent. Unforgettable.
Hearing him talk about mega con had me emotional
You make me giggle, Jimmy!❤😂👍
I commend Ewan for acting in his daughter's movie that mirrored what was going on in their personal lives. I've always been a fan as his performances always deliver. I'm looking forward to the movie alongside A Gentleman in Moscow, which will be released next month. I had the pleasure of briefly meeting him at Comic Con almost 2 years ago and he was so gracious. The first time I've been starstruck in a long time.
i thank the universe for giving us ewan. truly gives back to the fans, especially the lady fans. 🥰🥰
Thanks for interesting and funny video as always ❤❤❤
I can honestly say Ewan McGregor was never a part of the problems that made the prequels had. he was one of the things Lucas got right. He did, and has done, such a great job merging what Alec Guinness had done while at the same time growing the character in a predicable, yet interesting way. Kudos to you good sir!
I love Ewan ❤ Seems like a fun, quality, dude 🙂
If you haven't seen The Pillow Book, staring Ewan and Tilda Swanson, living on a houseboat. Frontal nudity casually etc. The European actors treat nudity casually as part of the story. Unlike openheimer, that was for shock value and not necessary and awkward.
I loved the Pillow Book. Very creative and artsy.
This was a treat. Ewan McGregor has been one of my favorite actors since i first saw him in episode one at eight or nine years old. Obiwan is my favorite jedi, probably because of how well Ewan played him, but he is just an amazing actor. Doctor sleep, the island, i can't think of the name but the one where he takes the other guy's phone by accident. The men who stare at goats. A lot of my favorite movies.are ones he's stared in. Oddly he's also someone i know very little about the personal life of. I love him for his roles. I didn't even know.he had a daughter. I don't think i've ever not liked one of his movies.
Such a down to earth and genuin guy
I first saw him in the movie Shallow Grave!!
He’s such a gentleman and so humble, Ewan is clearly the greatest actor of our time 😊
Humble? Should check out his con prices, $250 for a signature. Not humble at all.
Love Ewan's talent so much.
Huge Star Wars fan! And loved Obi Wan's process.
Sometimes I think people who say they are huge SW's fans and complain, aren't real fans. They are frenemies. Lol
Caring about the fans. Love it.
I have an amazing story. One day I was driving home, when all of a sudden the Lord came to me in spirit. I felt very close to Him. I knew if I asked him to play any song on the radio he would, I guess to bless my faith.
So I said "ok, Lord play "Come as you are by Nirvana".
I turned on the radio and the song started playing right there on the spot, perfectly…
I started getting flooded with chills like a waterfall, crying, and trembling.
He stayed with me for 10 minutes in my driveway. until I got outta the car.
A couple months after that I started getting amazing prayers answered way more often, because it helped me quit doubting when I pray and I was lined up with biblical instructions. It's 6 years later and I still get answered prayers in Jesus name.
If I ever go back to megacon, I need to meet Ewan and Hayden. Those films mean so much to me.
Love he kept his accent in the film!
His daughter resembles Illeana Douglas in her younger years.
And now no one can imagine anyone else playing the role better. Even Sheldon agrees😅
We love your show jimmy kimmel
This is just lovely
season 2 of Obi Wan with Quinlan Vos being played by Nic Cage confirmed!
Respect from one GOAT to another! Nicolas cage is one of the best actors in our time. Thanks ewan!
Ewan, we've always loved your acting! Obi-Wan is our favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be happy
I saw The Pillow Book. Excellent film and acting. Ewan is definitely not shy. LOL
There are a few details missing. Clara is given credit for writing the movie, with no mention of her two co-writers, one of whom is the author of the book that the movie is based on.
I have enjoyed many of Ewan's movies. One of my favourites is "Son of a Gun" from 2014.
I like how Jimmy asks the questions and then answers for his guests.
I was a kid when the prequels came out and I loved , attack of the clones and revenge of the sith hold up so well ,,, darth mauls fight scene from the first one is possibly the greatest star wars duel
Sorry but Attack of the Clones is dreadful. DREADFUL. And Revenge of the Sith is pretty rubbish too, apart from the massacre of the Jedis and the climax - and that’s only because of Ewan McGregor’s performance. I saw all three prequels at the cinema when they were released and people were literally laughing out loud at how crap some bits were. Seriously.
As for the greatest duel, that’s Luke vs Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi, which culminates in the Emperor almost killing Luke with Force Lightning and Vader finally intervening. The choreography, the swelling score - everything is sublime. Your Darth Maul duel may be visually impressive (and it really is) but the emotion and impact of that final duel in RotJ is off the scale, from Luke pounding Vader’s lightsaber in rage to witnessing Darth’s clear inner conflict despite the fact his face is _completely obscured by a mask._ That’s just phenomenal.
I really urge you to watch it again!
@clothilde1623 vader and luke was more the climax of the originals the duels in the prequels were more technical and epic but hey as ewan said before it's the kids of the prequels that love it but I just can't get my head around people not liking the prequels , it's your opinion and that but the story the fighting the soundtrack , epic
@@onlyiforgive5083 I know Luke vs Vader was the climax of the originals, dude. Obviously it wasn’t the climax of films made more than 20 years later 😂
Please understand that I’m a child of the originals. I watched them over and over and over growing up. I was 18 when The Phantom Menace was released and was so incredibly excited to see it, and so thoroughly disappointed when I did. The originals are exciting films for all the family; The Phantom Menace was just incredibly boring in comparison. All the talk of midichlorians and the ridiculously dull political Senate scenes - yawn. Then there’s the truly _abysmal_ CGI (even at the time it was crap!) and of course the abhorrent Jar Jar, possibly the worst and most annoying character in cinematic history. The only enjoyable part was the Darth Maul duel, and it’s still not the best, despite what you say 😜
The story imho is pretty crap. Basically Anakin is orphaned, joins the Force, turns to the Dark Side and loses a duel (and his limbs) with Obi-Wan, at which point he’s turned into Vader. The original had so much more - Luke becoming a Jedi, Obi-Wan’s death, Leia’s rescue, her and Luke’s creepy attraction to each other (that nauseating kiss!), Leia’s romance with Han (don’t even start me on Anakin and Padme again), Han’s capture and freezing in carbonite (and his subsequent rescue), the destruction of the Death Star, the utterly ICONIC revelation that Vader is Luke’s father and Leia his twin - which legit blew people’s minds at the time - and of course Vader’s ultimate redemption, the Emperor’s death and the victory of the Light Side over the Dark. Throw in Jabba, the Ewoks, Lando Calrisian’s betrayal, etc. Now _that’s_ a story.
As for the soundtrack, the prequels’ is literally the same as the originals’! But no-one hears John Williams’ fantastic soundtrack and thinks of Anakin and Padme; they think of Luke, Leia, Han and Vader.
I understand that you grew up with the prequels and as such you cherish them, but objectively they are far, _far_ inferior to the original trilogy. Find me one single film critic or adult over 40 who would say otherwise!
"HELLO THERE"
Ewan has a very large member, for anyone that hasn't seen his films. Quite impressive.
I knew someone would go there 😂
If I had grown up with the original trilogy maybe I would have liked them more. had that same sort of attachment, but I didn't, attack of the clones was the first one I watched. One of the first movies I ever went to see in theaters, seeing something like that when you're only 6 or 7 with yoda doing flips as he's fighting, blows you away.
Ewan was FANTASTIC as adult Danny in Doctor Sleep!!! Damn he’s incredible
❤Love this❤ I have a 10mo old kitty that is slightly obsessed with nature documentaries and one of his [and mine] faves is about the Scottish Highlands and the beautiful animals that reside there in that breathtaking landscape. Mr. Ewan is the narrator and does a fantastic job 👏. He has such a beautiful voice 😍. It's here on YT. I highly recommend it😊!
Ooh that sounds good, do you remember what it’s called? 🙂
Gotta love this guy
So wholesome
Wasn't expecting his daughter to be American.. They seems to have a lovely relationship
She’s not, born in the UK.
Amazinggg!
Trainspotting is a MASTERPIECE 👑
The shining sequel was fantastic too he was phenomenal 😊
He was the only person able to play older Danny Torrance. I love Doctor Sleep with a passion.
Why is it next to impossible to find “Wild at Heart” now? Ewan is right-fantastic film.
Yay a NEW nepobaby!
So good as Obi Wan!
spot on, you can’t put that Jeanne back in the bottle but thats what people wanted with the prequels which i loved
He’s still beautiful to this day 🤩
for someone that grew up on the originals (54), I stood in the midnight line for the prequels and I enjoyed them, I understood the angst some people had but looking back, those were the last midnight premieres I ever attended. The Obi-Wan series is also excellent if you haven't seen it. Ignore some of the negative reviews, Disney is doing a better job with Star Wars than Marvel in my opinion.
i'm 56, and i agree with you 100%. Obi-Wan has *always* been my favorite character, even when i saw SW in '77, and Ewan is just brilliant as him.
Pillow Book is a great movie!
Such a lovely man that Ewan McGregor 🥰
I laughed when she mentioned "The Pillow Book" hahahaha, that movie is very... adult.
Obi-wan = One Beautiful Daughter All Love To Ewan
I do have issues with the aspects of the prequels but none with Ewan and his work in them. He was fantastic.
Ewan was one of the best things in the prequels -- and still is
i've been wanting to see wild at heart again for years but it's not streaming anywhere.
Not going to lie I'm a massive massive star wars fan & I was the kid who watched star wars episode 1,2,3 when they came out who he was talking about meeting now this generation etc and we all love him and love the movies 4,5,6 and now I'm the old guy who refuses to watch the new ones xD
I don't care what anybody says, the SW prequels are freakin amazing! They're on par with the OGs for me. The best saga in cinema for sure!
Oh no. No no no no no no. How can you say the execrable Attack of the Clones is on a par with The Empire Strikes Back?? Lucas has a fantastic imagination and I will always love him for creating the Star Wars universe, but the dialogue he produces is utterly atrocious. I cringed so hard at the ‘romantic’ dialogue during AotC I nearly fractured my coccyx 😖 In fact the entire premise is ludicrous. Why on God’s Green Earth would Queen Amidala fall for that whiny, ungrateful, perpetual teenager Anakin? Compare them to Han and Leia, whose chemistry was fantastic and exciting and actually _plausible._
I saw the prequels in the cinema when they were released and people were literally laughing out loud at how dreadful some bits were. The only really decent part is the climax of Revenge of the Sith, and that’s largely down to Ewan McGregor’s performance.
Don’t even get me started on Jar Jar Stinks 😖😠😔
Her mother is French 😊
If you haven't seen The Pillow Book, staring Ewan and Tilda Swanson, living on a houseboat. Frontal nudity casually etc. The European actors treat nudity casually as part of the story. Unlike openheimer, that was for shock value and not necessary and awkward.
No, the film you’re referring to is “ Young Adam”. Also a full frontal for Ewan fans. “The Pillow Book” directed by Peter Greenway, is when Ewan as Jerome was used as a “Pillow Book” for writing/Calligraphy,etc. As he was in “Velvet Goldmine with Christian Bale. Apparently, our Ewan was going thru a phase of some sort. 😂❤
@@septemberwn I watched very few movies based on who's the actor, I knew the DVD I rented from Blockbuster back in the days in Texas as The Pillow Book with Tilda Swanson, I still remember she was eating some cookies while she was talking with the crumbs falling off her mouth. I watched that movie many many times before returning the DVD
Ewan was the only thing in the prequels I don’t think anyone ever had any complaints about.
I wish I coulda seen her walk out to the set.
2:01- 2:11 I thought I was the only one who remembered that
The talent doesn't fall far from the acting tree. Clara gives a raw moving performance playing a recovering addict in this new movie she co-wrote and produced. She could've had anyone play her dad but having Ewan there brings a level of realism. Bravo!! ❤️👏
A chip off the old block!
I love this guys English accent.
I swear he does not age. He is so ruggedly Scottish 😊😊😊
i immediately google the film 😂😂
I need Nick Cage x Ewan McGregor film NOW