Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, the youngest Donostia award in the 60 years of history of the Film Festival, has dedicated this Thursday the award to his wife, visibly excited, because, she said, she has always been present in the important moments of his life, and missed it.
“We met between my first and second movie and my career wouldn’t be the same without her, I love her with all my heart”, said the Scottish in a jungle of applause that he sheltered at that time, once you acknowledge the prize in Basque.
“Yiuan”, or “Yiuin”, and prefers to speak its name, had come to the Kursaal past the nine-thirty at night was the next twenty minutes paseado the red carpet, up, and down.
He has signed autographs and photos with some of his followers, who stopped not shout in excitement, because the Scot has distributed to kisses has become.
With an emotional video which is remembered previous Donostia awards gala, the crowded auditorium began pending all of the images that were coming out and that chanted with applause, some, intensely, as in the case of Fernando Fernán Gómez, Woody Allen, Richard Gere and Meryl Streep.
“I am not at the level of people who for years have received this award”, was first told the Scotsman.
A career of more than 50 films
Then it was the turn for this chameleonic acting career, which was summarized in a handful of selected images from its more than 50 feature films, an addict Renton to the seductive sweetness of Nicole Kidman in “Moulin Rouge”; soldier, Executive, cure, (of course, the Jedi Knight), writer for hire and… father, role for the first time interpreted in “Impossible”.
After assessing a career that has earned the respect of everyone, hostess of the gala, Edurne Ormazabal, has ensured that the Prize does it McGregor “by chance”, but for their ability to play different roles and have a very varied career.
McGregor has recalled his previous visits to San Sebastian with Trainspotting and Moulin Rouge and said that both times he felt “like a rock star”.
Bayonne, which gave him the award, said of the protagonist of his film, which appointed “successor” of Spencer Tracy or Gregory Peck, the risk always has been present in his “unpredictable” career, but what more rated you is “his enormous honesty and humanity”.
Just arrived from Tulsa (EE UU), where wheel an American production with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”, the actor was flying 24 hours to arrive on time present the film and pick up their prize at San Sebastian and, early morning, then return to Oklahoma.
Spanish director closed the gala with a hopeful Maxim with left it to the public in suspense (and collecting tissue paper) to see his second feature after the meeting “The orphanage”: “Si nos dejan, can make this possible country the impossible”. And he began the film.EFE
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