![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ethan Hawke, the epitome of the actor’s actor who has been rightly critical of how much superhero movies dominate Hollywood, is going to be part of a Marvel TV series. Ariana DeBose was incredible in West Side Story - she’s probably going to win the Oscar for it - and now she’s doing Kraven the Hunter. But at the same time, there’s also something a little disappointing about an industry mindset that suggests that the only sure sign of being successful - of having “made it” - is that you’re cast in an event movie. When Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver were cast in the Star Wars sequels, it was hard not to be intrigued by the possibility of seeing what they could do on that big a canvas. And whenever it happens, I always feel mixed emotions. Sure, you can be an acclaimed performer doing incredible work in theater or independent film, but sooner or later you’ll be lured by one of the big franchises. Obi-Wan Kenobi will release on May 25.Welcome to Misleading Men, a regular feature where we look back at the actors who ruled Hollywood for one brief shining moment.įor a lot of modern actors, you’re nobody until you sign up for your first blockbuster. We'll know soon enough whether Obi-Wan Kenobi passes muster with Star Wars fans, who have been mostly split on Book of Boba Fett. The writers and Deb and I and everyone, I think we crafted or they crafted a very fine storyline. I always felt there was a story between Episode III where I finished playing Obi-Wan in the movies and Episode IV where Alec Guinness is Obi-Wan Kenobi. "I'm not going to give away anything else about the storyline, only I think it's really going to satisfy Star Wars fans. I think it's no secret that Hayden Christensen comes back and we got to play scenes together again as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and it was just fantastic to work with him again. She really knows the Star Wars world, inside out, far more than I do," McGregor laughed. She directed a couple of The Mandalorian and she’s a really great director. Deborah Chow directed all the episodes and she’s really good. Among them are hints of a secret duel between Darth Vader and Kenobi - the proverbial rematch of the century between master and student.īeyond that, McGregor only offers hints of what's to come in Obi-Wan Kenobi, praising director Deborah Chow and talking about what it's like to reunite with Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the prequels. ![]() With Obi-Wan Kenobi focusing on the exiled Jedi's time in the deserts of Tatooine, the new show figures to include equal parts nostalgia for the original trilogy and the prequels. Book of Boba Fett includes a number of direct nods to Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, among them a glimpse of Kamino, where Kenobi battled Jango Fett. Once vilified and virtually ignored, Star Wars is increasingly embracing prequel nostalgia. So to step back into his shoes again now and do a series, a whole series about Obi-Wan Kenobi for those fans, it just makes me really happy." To them, they're their Star Wars films, you know? For us, it was the original films of the ‘70s, but for them, it was our films were their Star Wars. "And then now, meeting the generation who we made those films for, the children then - and now, people in their late teens or early 20s, those people who were kids who we made those films for, they loved them. "I mean it's quite interesting, after the experience of making the first three films and living through sort of their reception in the world, which wasn't always glowing, I have to say," McGregor said. ![]()
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