Sweden’s Göteborg Movie Pageant has tapped actor Ewan McGregor to obtain its honorary dragon award for profession achievement throughout its forty seventh version, operating from January 26 to February 4.
McGregor will attend Göteborg to obtain the award, take part in an ‘actors speak’ Q&A session, and current the Nordic premiere of Niclas Larsson’s Mom, Sofa, through which he performs the main function alongside Taylor Russell. The pageant may even host a retrospective of McGregor’s movies.
A few of McGregor’s most notable credit embody Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!, and the Star Wars trilogy. The Scottish actor is subsequent set to exec produce and star in Paramount+ & Showtime’s A Gentleman in Moscow.
“Ewan McGregor is an androgynous image of the Cool Britannia period, a romantic icon for the millennial technology, and a saber-swinging franchise holder within the pop-cultural heart of the galaxy,” mentioned Jonas Holmberg, creative director of the Göteborg Movie Pageant.
“However above all, he’s an extremely expert artist. By mastering stylized extravagance, literary precision, and nuanced realism with the identical relaxed self-evidence, Ewan McGregor has proven that he is likely one of the really nice actors of our time.”
McGregor’s award presentation will happen along with a screening of Trainspotting on the pageant’s Stora Teatern. An on-stage dialog with McGregor will observe the screening.
Mom, Sofa debuted ultimately 12 months’s Toronto Movie Pageant. The pic will compete in Göteborg’s Nordic Competitors. The pic is Larsson’s debut function and relies on Swedish creator Jerker Virdborg’s novel Mamma i soffa. The surreal pic tells the story of three kids who’re introduced collectively when their mom refuses to maneuver from a sofa in a furnishings retailer. The solid additionally options Ellen Burstyn, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle, and F. Murray Abraham. The movie is produced by Sara Murphy (Licorice Pizza, If Beale Avenue Might Speak).
