Fans of Scottish actor Ewan McGregor have been blown away by his performance in Paramount+ series A Gentleman In Moscow.
The British series follows aristocrat Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov (Ewan) and his life in confinement after being sentenced to house arrest.
It also stars Ewan’s wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Forbes, and after beginning on Friday, will have a total of eight episodes.
A Gentleman In Moscow is based on the book of the same name by Amor Towles, though the book does not reference the October Revolution.
Viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to pour praise on the show, and particularly laud Ewan’s performance as the Count.
Fans of Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, 52, have been blown away by his performance in Paramount+ series A Gentleman In Moscow
The British series follows aristocrat Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov (Ewan) and his life in confinement after being sentenced to house arrest
It also stars Ewan’s wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead (pictured) and Jason Forbes and began on Friday and will have a total of eight episodes
They wrote: ‘First ep of A Gentleman In Moscow was so good!!! Like, I already knew Ewan was going to slay [do really well], but the whole cast, story and the way it’s filmed – it’s beautiful and catching.’
‘I am literally blown away by A Gentleman In Moscow. It is absolutely amazing, and so was Ewan. He is taking that Emmy.’
‘Loving A Gentleman In Moscow. Just watched the first episode and it captures the setting beaitifully. McGregor as Count Rosco works really well. I’m delighted so far.’
‘I didn’t finish reading A Gentleman In Moscow hehe and I started watching the show starring Ewan McGregor! It’s so good.’
‘Watched A Gentleman In Moscow through Paramount. Wow! No words!’
‘I’m watching Gentleman In Moscow. As a native-born Muscovite, I find it excellent. It’s so sad. A beautiful country. So many fascinating cultures. Ruined by violent greedy men and fascism. Not socialism. Communism. Fascism.’
‘A Gentleman In Moscow is now Ewan’s highest-rated TV show, DESERVED.’
‘Episode 1 of A Gentleman from Moscow [sic] just came out on Prime and its wonderful! Knew I’d like it. Based on @amortowles book.’
Viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to pour praise on the show, and particularly lauded Ewan’s performance as the Count
Despite being married for nearly two years and in a relationship since 2017, Ewan and Mary, 39, were happy to be guided as they believed it was ‘still necessary’
Ewan opened up previously about the fact he and Mary, 39, required an intimacy co-ordinator for their sex scenes.
The two have been married since 2022 after they met on the set of Fargo while both married to other people.
The couple, together since 2017, were happy to be guided through the amorous scenes as they believed it was ‘still necessary’.
‘It’s still necessary, because it’s also about the crew, and it’s odd to be naked in front of people, it’s odd to be intimate in front of the camera,’ he told the Radio Times.
‘If you were doing a dance scene, you’d have a choreographer. It’s an important part of the work now, because it’s somebody that the director and actors meet in the middle.’
McGregor insisted there is a need for intimacy coordinators to protect young actresses, like his daughters Clara, 28, and Esther, 22.
‘My daughter [Esther] is 22. If an older, famous director goes to a 22-year-old and says, ”I want you to be naked in this scene,” that actress might feel, ”Oh, my God, I’ve got to do it, my career might depend on it,” he said.
‘And then five years after that, she could look back and go, ‘I wish I hadn’t. Why am I naked in that scene? It’s unnecessary.’ Now there’s somebody she talks to whose career doesn’t rest on the shoulders of this person.’
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