He was joined by his daughter Clara McGregor, his mother, and partner Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
The audience repeatedly clapped and cheered as they were treated to a reel of the actor’s career highlights, with scenes from films of the Star Wars universe, ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ and ‘Trainspotting’.
“This is like a dream to see that,” McGregor told the audience. “It was my dream as a little boy to become an actor. And that’s the thing of dreams, seeing that reel.”
McGregor then joked that he was going to do a bit in Czech onstage but decided against it after the reaction to his practicing Czech, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
“Somebody called for an ambulance because they thought I was having a medical emergency,” he quipped. Instead, he decided to keep things short and simple, saying: “Thank you so much for being here tonight. And it means just the world to me. I believe so much in what we do as actors. I’m so fortunate to do what I love and love what I do.”
McGregor, winner of a Golden Globe, an Emmy, two European Film Awards and numerous other awards, introduced his new film ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’, in which he appears alongside his daughter Clara. He described acting with his daughter as a highlight of what he has done.
For ‘Star Wars’ fans, McGregor is better known as the younger version of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. The actor first essayed the role in ‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1999)’ and most recently in the Disney+ series ‘Obi Wan Kenobi’.
‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’ premiered at South by Southwest. It is a road trip drama, inspired by the father-daughter duo’s real-life stories. Clara also co-wrote the script. McGregor is currently filming the miniseries ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’, which he is also producing.
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