Ewan McGregor on 'one of the roles of a lifetime' in 'A Gentleman in Moscow'

Actor Ewan McGregor joins Morning Joe to discuss the new Paramount+ mini-series 'A Gentleman in Moscow', based on Amor Towles’ 2016 NYT bestselling book. Towles is a co-executive producer of the show, and he joins along with showrunner and executive producer Ben Vanstone.
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Ewan McGregor on 'one of the roles of a lifetime' in 'A Gentleman in Moscow'
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[@MelodyHoefdraad-pf7dg]

Ewan McGregor's eyes beam with kindness!

[@circagenx]

This is so surreal watching this as I worked on the series. Ewan McGregor is such a gentleman and great fun to work with. SFX Rolando

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

He fckd up with going for woke nonsense in this vapid tv show

[@dis2666]

I've just now finished watching the series. It was simply beautiful and affected me deeply. I never knew about the book. I even hesitated watching it; I'm so sick of Russia. But in the end, I had to see Ewan McGregor. He's one of my favorite actors. Thank you to all who brought me this story. It was a gift.

[@user-rc9up4er7v]

A gentleman in Moscow is an amazing book. I reread it about every 6 months. I’m so excited about this series

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Was Russia full of the brothers in the book or is that just this ridiculous show

[@barbarajungbauer7000]

This show beginning-to-end was brilliant. The book was wonderful and the translation to screen was worthy of Towles story. I am going to watch it again and again.

[@johnbrown4949]

Trainspotting will always be his best film hands down.

[@79dmcjr]

Hey don't be like that

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Apart from that accent🤢Glasgow accent is cool, not the one snobby McGregor has, Edinburgh accent is bad

[@user-rm5ww5hx9y]

Ewan & Mary Elisabeth are brilliant in Fargo season 3. Absolutely great acting! Looking forward to this.

[@cathd4434]

Beautiful series. Incredible characters, lavish set and stunning costumes support a wonderful script and flawless acting. Couldn’t get enough of it! Can’t wait to start on the book.

[@alexwells9948]

I remember when Evan McGregor played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and his own part series on Disney+ too.

[@rosemadder5547]

I first saw him in Trainspotting when I was 12.. so in 1999. Been in love ever since 😂

[@tifking73]

The first two episodes are perfection. Ewan McGregor does an amazing job. I’m reading the book now.

[@PamelaC23]

That is one of my FAVOURITE books

[@PamelaC23]

@@stevebeegreatnot on my side of the Atlantic

[@bobleroe3859]

Reading this during the pandemic, I think the message is that we can be resigned or resilient.

[@tinay9491]

charming Ewan you are a favorite

[@canadianclub1961]

Enjoyed the show❤

[@squamish4244]

There's also a five-star Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, built by the French in the same year, 1899.

[@Lp78Ch]

You haven't seen Ewan McGregor act until you watch The Pillow Book.

[@squamish4244]

Indeed. You see him a lot.

[@birdwing2414]

Amor Towles is my uncle so this is so awesome for me to see!

[@79dmcjr]

Me too!

[@ewandaily]

This was a great interview! Thanks for actually asking about the series and the book...

[@janebrown3587]

Eye of the Beholder - love that one

[@jeremyblank8590]

Excellent novel to highlight how too much government (socialism, Communism) is so bad!!

[@squamish4244]

It's more about human dignity than politics. The events outside the hotel barely get a mention except that it's an oppressive regime. Communist, capitalist...same difference.

[@tomcassidy2525]

we get all our $ from moscow ...... eric

[@sergeant_salty]

There's zero proof Eric ever said that lol But go on

[@suomynona4607]

​@@sergeant_salty Donald Trump Jr., has appeared to confirm, saying in 2008-after the Trump Organization was prospering again-that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.” Trump’s former longtime architect, Alan Lapidus, echoed this view. Lapidus said that based on what he knew from the internal workings of the organization, in the aftermath of Trump’s earlier financial troubles “he could not get anybody in the United States to lend him anything. It was all coming out of Russia. His involvement with Russia was deeper than he’s acknowledged.” Trump's favorite lender, Deutsche Bank has worked closely with Russian state institutions, and in 2015 the bank’s Russian arm was implicated in a $10 billion Russian money-laundering scheme. A 2017 report by Reuters, citing public documents, interviews and corporate records, also found that at least 63 Russians or people with Russian addresses bought nearly $100 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded Florida luxury buildings. Let me know if I should go on.

[@Sylvia44now]

So all people in the past, even Russians, spoke with a British accent?

[@79dmcjr]

Yes but also American accents in Australia during the 30s when dust bowls were taking over

[@patryot5668]

well since they made a main charcter black anything goes in this fantasy alternate world..Im assuming in this world communism won and took over.

[@markstevens1729]

A wee bit odd to hear of the new actress wife when you watched his motorbike adventures and met the old wife.

[@squamish4244]

Yeah, like half the population, he got divorced. Crazy!

[@markstevens1729]

@@squamish4244 “wee bit odd..” that’s all.

[@julierogers1155]

Right?! My first comment here was: " ...... played by his(McGregor's) real-life SECOND wife ... "

[@chinchilla2971]

Another DEI crowbar that’s not needed or wanted.

[@julierogers1155]

... played by his(McGregor's) real-life SECOND wife ...

[@johndowner2196]

So much for democracy when you have the Electoral College

[@Schlemiel-Team-Six]

Ewan's face looks like he had a choice of a promotional tour or 2 years of daily UN-sedated colonoscopies ---- and he's still undecided if he made the right choice.

[@julierogers1155]

McGregor filed for divorce from his first wife, Eve Mavrakis, in January 2018*, after 22 years of marriage. *the year after McGregor worked with Winstead.

[@user-ts2yd8pj7c]

The book was painfully long - hope the movie deals with that

[@TrixiLovesYou]

Oh look, Ewan McGregor playing Ewan McGregor with a fake mustache.

[@augustrush7538]

‘HATS OFF’ to MS NBC. - They finally ran a story that doesn’t involve Donald Trump! / Ian McGregor is a great actor. I sure am glad he’s not political. ( In the Public’s face.). Unlike, Robert De Nero. (Which I am boycotting any of his films.).

[@tarmaque]

Ewan, not Ian.

[@lauraschwed1545]

Trump is allowed to attack Robert De Nero but can’t say the truth about Trump? 😅 Republicans love double standards.

[@julierogers1155]

"Niro", not Nero.

[@lauraschwed1545]

@@julierogers1155 thanks for the spell-check !

[@julierogers1155]

@@lauraschwed1545 You are welcome. And, @tarmaque helped you out too.

[@sirloin8745]

“Hollywood’s woke culture. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” -- Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@760HorsePower]

It would be a honor and privilege to move to the metropolis Moscow and never come back to this rat hole known as NYC

[@tinay9491]

please, GO

[@flangekiwi]

Bye 👋🏾

[@julierogers1155]

what a pity party this victim is having ...

[@jaygatz4335]

Give us a progress report every three months so we can turn green with envy.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

As soon as I seen the diversity( in revolutionary Russia) I gave up, it’s patently ridiculous to put these people into every role in every tv show/movie nowadays& they never make it better, just more ridiculous

[@happyprogressivepoop1422]

MSNBC loves two things Trump and Russia

[@tinay9491]

uh oh maga-worried

[@happyprogressivepoop1422]

@tinay9491 worried about Trump and Russia being the most popular content on left leaning "news" yeah means the left has ran out of ideas.