![]() ![]() ![]() Plucked from his final year at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to play an Elvis-fixated nerd in Dennis Potter's 1993 television drama Lipstick on Your Collar, he has made almost 30 films. But McGregor, who began as a stagehand at Perth Repertory Theatre and won rave reviews for his previous turn on the London stage - a lead role in the 1998 production of Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs - hardly needs a career boost.Īt 34, he is already the most successful Scottish movie actor since Sean Connery. It is a familiar line and one that often sounds disingenuous in the mouths of Hollywood actors treading the boards in an attempt to revive a wilting movie career. They pull away from the actor, but theatre just fills you up. The rehearsals for Guys and Dolls were "more fulfilling than any movie. McGregor has described his return to the stage as an antidote to the tedium of film-making, in particular the special effects-led Star Wars movies. McGregor had taken on a role made famous by Marlon Brando and pulled it off. ![]() ![]() But the consensus was overwhelmingly positive. One critic found McGregor "sexless" and several were underwhelmed by his singing voice. There were a few brickbats among the bouquets. ![]()
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