Ewan McGregor's resurrection at 50, praised and criticized for his portrayal of Halston

The interpretive quality of Ewan McGregor, 50 years old, has left titles for the history of cinema such as the cult film

, the romantic

e, the epic

or his mythical character of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first installments of the Star Wars saga. However, in recent years the news about the actor has been more focused on his private life than on his work as an actor. In October 2017, his marriage to Eve Mavrakis was blown up after 22 years together and four daughters in common - Clara, 25, Jamyan, 20, Esther, 19, and Anouk, 10. They were one of the most solid couples in Hollywood but everything changed after their publication, in the British newspaper

, from some photographs in which the Scotsman appeared kissing his co-star in the

series

, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Then it emerged that the seemingly idyllic family life of McGregor, who had met his wife shooting a British television series in 1995 in which she was part of the wardrobe department, had drastically changed since the summer before their split.

It happened after his return from filming

and the closeness with the actress who plays her lover in the series was one of the reasons for that crisis that the couple tried to resolve without success.

For his part, Winstead, 36, had also ended in May of that same year his relationship with the screenwriter and director Riley Stearns, with whom he had been married for seven years.

The criticism did not take long to grow and although the actor opted for silence, the evident devastation of his wife after the separation and that the daughters of the marriage were clearly positioned in his favor did not leave the interpreter or his new partner in a very good place. Both had to deal with furious criticism and even with the public rejection in social networks of the actor's eldest daughter, Clara McGregor, who when some of Winstead's followers tried to cover her with comments such as “the most beautiful and talented woman in the world. planet ", did not hesitate to answer:" The most beautiful woman on the planet? You are very funny. The girl is a piece of trash ”. Shortly after Clara, who is an actress and model,He published a photograph of his mother on his Twitter account in which his father could be seen cropped and which was accompanied by a message for sailors: “How beautiful is my mother? The most loving, strongest and smartest woman I know. My rock".

Actors Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead out and about in California in 2017.Jason LaVeris / FilmMagic

The marriage dissolved, he reached an agreement on his estate, estimated at 25 million dollars (about 22.4 million euros) and McGregor's new girlfriend ended up breaking up with him, just a few months later, shaken by the pressure to the that was subjected by the public, the paparazzi and the macho attacks on social networks.

His eldest daughter, Clara, was also shaken by the family earthquake, and in October 2019 he published on his Instagram account a confession of the hard year he had gone through with a story in which he spoke of depression, anxiety, gender violence, rapes, abortion and dependence on various drugs.

Now McGregor's life has regained its pulse in every way. Personally, he and Winstead gave each other a second chance in 2020 and in March of that year, after two years without any image in which they were seen together, they were caught walking hand in hand and kissing through the streets of New York. Without giving further explanations, the actor acknowledged shortly after in

that regarding his sentimental situation he was better: "Very happy now," he said. He has also progressively recovered his relationship with his daughters, especially with Clara, the most combative against him. And on the professional side, new and important challenges have come into his life that seem to have revitalized him in the media.

Ewan McGregor, as Halston in the second episode of the Netflix series.ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA / NETFLIX / Netflix

McGregor is the protagonist of the Netflix series

based on the life of the designer of the same name who created a fashion empire entrusted to great stars who became his friends, such as Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Anjelica Huston or Elsa Peretti, whom he encouraged to dedicate herself to the jewelry, and models like Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton or Iman. An empire whose foam ended up disappearing - to the point of being fired from his own brand - at the same time that his excesses increased with parties, lovers and drugs. Now McGregor's portrayal of the flamboyant and genius designer is receiving as much praise as it is criticism for the lack of resemblance to the real character and because some of the late couturier's relatives have not liked it either. One of his nieces, Lesley Frowick,has come to say only coming trailer that the series is "frankly garbage" and that it is "imprecise".

Nor have there been lacking - this is the case for example of the American singer and actor Billy Porter - who have questioned whether a heterosexual actor has been chosen to play the role of a gay man when gay actors, in their opinion, rarely have access to roles. heterosexuals. McGregor is once again cautious and respectful with his statements about it, emphasizing that painstaking work has been done to be as true to the story as possible and that he has loved playing this character.

His reappearance as Jedi Master Obi-Wan-Kenobi in the Star Wars series prepared by the Disney + platform and which focuses precisely on this character is also awaited with great anticipation. The new play will reunite McGregor and Hayden Christensen, who will reprise his portrayal of Darth Vader. It will take place 10 years after the events narrated in the film of the saga

and began shooting last April. Little else is known about this project that has created great excitement and that will probably take a little over a year to reach viewers. Before that, the actor's fans will be able to see him in a new film, which is in post-production process, and in which his daughter Clara also stars,

. All facts that speak of a new resurrection of the actor who has remained calm even in the most stormy years of his life.