Star Wars and Trainspotting actor Ewan McGregor tells Steve Pratt about how he came to find himself in the psychiatrist’s chair.Trainspotting and Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor found himself in the psychiatrist’s chair thanks to the thriller Stay. He plays a shrink in the movie from Finding Neverland and Monster’s Ball director Marc Forster, so he researched by meeting a couple of psychiatrists – a man and a woman – in New York, where the action takes place.For our UK readers, Stay (Uncut Version) will be released on July 3.Source: www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk
Is Hayley Atwell to be Woody Allen’s new muse? After her impressive performance as the annoying self-harming sister in BBC2’s adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty, she’s been signed up for Allen’s third London project. Allen told the Hollywood Foreign Press association: “There’s a girl I’m hoping to discover named Hayley Atwell who I think is very, very beautiful and I am going to present her so you can see what I am talking about. You can share my enjoyment of her.” Presumably Woody thinks she’s a good actress too. She is set to star alongside Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell in the unnamed film.Source: www.film.guardian.co.uk Related stories:Atwell gets female lead in Allen film Woody makes it a hat-trick of London flicks
The official Stormbreaker site added a new trailer and it features Ewan! :tongue:Check our gallery for the screencaps: Thanks to Kimmy for the heads-up!
Baz Luhrmann wants to paint London town Rouge.The Aussie director is planning to bring his musical movie Moulin Rouge to the West End.And he has approached Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman to reprise their leading roles in the flick for the first few shows.A source said: ?Baz has discussed the idea with Ewan and Nicole. It will be the most lavish musical to open for many years.?It?s something he has wanted to do since the film was finished.?Baz is expected to meet up with his favourite leading lady again this weekend in Sydney ? as a guest at her wedding to rocker Keith Urban. Source: www.thesun.co.uk related articles:Stage Version for “Moulin Rouge” Baz to paint London rouge?
by Gordon ThomsonSCOTS have always known their accent is one to be trusted.So it’s no surprise to learn people would rather discuss money matters over the phone with an adviser who sounds like actor Ewan McGregor than one like rock icon Ozzy Osbourne.Scots accents have come way out on top once again with consumers across the whole of the UK.A survey on behalf of Glasgow’s new Wall Street on the Clyde found that accents really do matter when it comes to financial phone calls.The study found someone with a Scots twang like Ewan or veteran actor Sean Connery is considered more competent too.More than one in five of those questioned rated the Scots accent top.Londoners came second with 17% of votes. And the Scots trounced Geordie, Scouse, Mancunian and even Brummie accents like Ozzy’s. They all came bottom of the pile by each pooling just one vote in 50.Even one of Birmingham’s famous sons Ozzy Osbourne failed to sway the masses when it came to money issues.It could be why Glasgow has such a thriving financial services sector with more than 9000 jobs alone moving into the district in the last five years.”source: www.eveningtimes.co.uk Thanks to Roberta for sending the article! 🙂
