Ewan McGregor had an intense argument with a journalist last month — in public. He was at the Gothenburg Film Festival, when a Q&A turned to the actor’s 30-year career. Yes, it is that long since Shallow Grave. The hack in question was pushing a theory that McGregor’s work has had some dips — the actor did not agree.
“He was very nervous,” McGregor says, “and his nerves led him to attack me. He really leant into this idea that I’m having this resurgence, a comeback. And I got defensive.” The point the journalist made was that, after the TV series of Fargo in 2017, and the Emmy McGregor won in 2021 for his role in the Netflix mini-series Halston, as the gay
