Ewan McGregor receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

(13 Sep 2024)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles - 12 September 2024
1. UPSOUND Ewan McGregor Hollywood Walk of Fame star revealed
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ewan McGregor, actor:
“All my life, since I was just a little boy I wanted to be an actor. I feel like that's what I was meant to do. And I'm so blessed to be able to do it. I'm so blessed to be able to live a creative life. Because every because every day I get to work, I turn up and I get to I get to create stories with all these amazingly creative people.”
3. Various of Clara McGregor, Jamyan McGregor, Anouk McGregor, Laurie McGregor, Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead posing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ewan McGregor, actor:
“I used to sit and watch when I was a child on a Sunday or Saturday afternoon with my chin propped up on my elbows. And I hunger for old Hollywood movies of the 40s and the 30s and British movies, Ealing comedies. Just anything. Always I wanted movies in my life more than I wanted kid shows or anything like that from a really young age. And I'm just so happy to be part of the world. I'm happy to be a creative person, happy to be an artist. And I love it very much. And I love you all very much, too.”
5. Various of Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Mike Mills posing
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hayden Christensen, actor:
“It really is just a master class and great acting. And and to watch him embody this character. It's like watching magic, you know, and the best kind of magic, you know, not the kind that involves any, like, trickery or sleight of hand, but the kind that really makes you believe in something bigger. Because he wasn't just playing Obi-Wan. He was Obi-Wan. I mean, he is Obi-Wan.”
7. Tight of Ewan McGregor
8. Tight of Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Mills, director/writer:
“When I come back and see this Hollywood star walking down the street in my hometown or when I come show my kid your star, I'm going to get to say 'I know him.' Which is pretty rad, right? Yeah. And it's so weird that I'm here. Let's be honest. And that is not just a star. That's a real man. That is a really good looking Scottish man who. Who really loves his job. He would say this all the time on the film or work on a little film, right? Almost every day Ewan would go like 'I freakin love my job. I love this. I'm so lucky.'”
10. Pan of Hayden Christensen arriving
11. Pan of Ewan McGregor
12. Medium of Jerry Bruckheimer
13. Various of Ewan McGregor signing autographs
14. Various of Mary Elizabeth Winstead signing autographs
15. Pan of audience
STORYLINE:
Ewan McGregor was joined by his “Star Wars” co-star Hayden Christensen and "Beginners" director Mike Mills as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 53-year-old actor, also joined Thursday by wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead and his children, said he'd wanted to be an actor since he was a child.
“I used to sit and watch when I was a child on a Sunday or Saturday afternoon with my chin propped up on my elbows. And I hunger for old Hollywood movies of the 40s and the 30s and British movies, Ealing comedies. Just anything. Always I wanted movies in my life more than I wanted kid shows or anything like that from a really young age. And I'm just so happy to be part of the world. I'm happy to be a creative person, happy to be an artist. And I love it very much. And I love you all very much, too,” said McGregor.
Christensen said McGregor “is Obi-Wan.”
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