P Y R O

It's that time of the year when Ewan's movies start premiering.

If you have any news, post it here.

VerbalKint

Ewan + Jay = hillarious

That water fight bit was great

I was surprised to hear them talk about The Island so soon. I didn't know one Lincoln was American and the other was Scottish. That's clever- good way to tell them apart! Also, interesting stuff about the, er, hormonal supression The *really* sad thing is we just finished human reproduction in biology so while Ewan was talking about that I was thinking of the hormones secreted to cause that and what glands they're released by That's too much knowledge.

The French horn bit on US TV at last. Ewan was just such a dweeb as a kid.

I've been kind of worried about Robots, but I liked the clip they played on Leno. It actually made me laugh. So hopefully I'll like it...

I was probably most happy, though, to hear Ewan arguing that SW isn't just a big summer blockbuster. Rock on, my fellow nerd

Rach

S.A.S.H.A.

Sounds like a great interview. Can't wait to see it in about an hour or so.

Sasha

Lazy

The One Network has a nice interview with Ewan. Sorry about the huge banner ad. Don't click on it or any of the links -- wait it out. It lasts about 10 seconds.

Source: Ewan News

EwanMcGregor.net has tons of updates. (the new SW trailer, scans from Total Film and Newsweek, many pictures added etc)

LilMouse

thr audience was laughing a lot too.

i like the article in total film with ewan. it's a uk mag but is there a way i can buy it?

P Y R O

Ewan's presenting at the FanForum Movie Awards. They're on right now.

S.A.S.H.A.

Thanks. Here is the direct link to the video if you want to avoid the ads.

Sasha

Adrimar_Jackson

I want one too, please someone?

BYtheSEA

Check the magazine's website and/or places like Borders or Barnes & Noble. IIRC, I've seen Empire (another British mag, right?) at Borders.

VerbalKint

Yeah, I loved that Total Film article. I don't know if we can get UK mags here or not. I think so.

Rach

LilMouse

i went to the website but they want me to get a whole years subscription i'll have to go into the city i guess.

fanforum has a movie awards on TV??

Lazy

Danny Boyle: Boyle and trouble
The Trainspotting director is back on track after turbulent times and a feud with his leading man.

By John Hiscock

14 March 2005
It has taken the best part of five years, a certain amount of pride-swallowing and a humble apology, but Danny Boyle believes he has finally healed the breach with Ewan McGregor, the actor he discovered, steered to stardom and then unceremoniously dumped.

They have been at loggerheads ever since Boyle "went Hollywood" and cast Leonardo DiCaprio instead of McGregor in The Beach, but now the two men are talking again and have reconciled to the extent that Boyle envisages them working together once more. "We have a project in mind, but whether Ewan will do it or not, I don't know," said Boyle hesitantly. "We'll see, but I'd really love to work with him again."

The story of their feud is not an uncommon one in the film industry, but it is unusual because of its protagonists: a writer-director and an actor, both British and from similar hardscrabble backgrounds, who together broke through professional and social barriers to announce their arrival as major talents. Along with the screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald, they were a highly successful team, making two memorably stylised films, Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, and one not-so-memorable, bigger-budgeted Anglo-US production, A Life Less Ordinary, which co-starred Cameron Diaz.

It was Hollywood, where money and above-the-title names mean more than creativity and individuality, which drove the wedge between the two former friends. The split came with The Beach, Alex Garland's novel about a backpacker who finds trouble in paradise, which Boyle signed on to direct from a screenplay by Garland and Hodge, with Macdonald as one of the producers. McGregor, along with Boyle, assumed that he would be starring in it but the men who controlled the money had different ideas. With Twentieth Century Fox on board to distribute the film worldwide, came the decree that a bigger name than McGregor was needed to sell the film in the US and Asia. Leonardo DiCaprio, with Titanic and The Man In The Iron Mask behind him, was probably the biggest star in the world at the time and the role of Richard was deemed ideal for him.

DiCaprio agreed and McGregor was out. Boyle did, however, cast McGregor's Trainspotting castmate and fellow Scot Robert Carlyle in the role of Daffy.

Not surprisingly, McGregor was less than pleased to be booted out in such a peremptory way and he let his displeasure be known with a tirade aimed at Boyle, whom he accused of disloyalty and of selling out to Hollywood. "He had every right to be upset," Boyle says. "I understand why he was very disappointed and to be absolutely honest, I don't think we behaved perfectly to him. We made a financial decision. Leo had been in Titanic and was a big name.

"Since then, I've realised that we didn't deal with it very politely, but I've apologised to Ewan and I hope we'll be able to do something together again. We've had a couple of very nice meetings."

Rest of the article

VerbalKint

Good for Danny Boyle That was a pretty sell-out thing to do, though I do realise he was probably in a tight spot. It would have taken guts to stand up to the studio, but you know what, it's one of those things where I think if he'd done it, they would have given in.

But I'm very glad he's appologized to Ewan and reconciled. I love both of them and especially love their work together. I don't know about them making Porno, but I would like to see them working together on... pretty much anything

Rach

S.A.S.H.A.

I've never seen The Beach. I know my mother has, and thought it was good, but Leo never appealed to me. I definitely would have seen it by now if Ewan had been cast instead.

Sasha

VerbalKint

I wanted to see it because it looked interesting and I love Danny Boyle. I think Leo's a really good actor, too. I don't usually see films for the actors, though. Maybe it's why I don't care if an actor has 'market potential.

Rach