If you’re even a semi-famous actor these days, the question of whether you’ll eventually join the MCU will follow you around like a bad smell; if you’re in another huge cinematic universe like Ewan McGregor, the idea will be touted even more incessantly.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi star has already featured in a DC film, playing Roman Sionis in Birds of Prey, but fans want to know if he’ll soon add a Marvel project to his distinguished career.
And as per ComicBook, the Scottish actor discussed a potential move to the MCU during a Fan Expo Boston panel over the weekend.
“I don’t know. I don’t know that I want to do that,” McGregor explained. “Because I love doing all different kinds of work. It’s true. I love to direct. I’d like to be in the theater again. I definitely want to do this again, you know, I’m in this Star Wars world. I feel like I don’t need another… I’m not looking for that anyway.”
While that statement poured cold water on the idea, McGregor then offered a tiny bit of hope. “I feel like I shouldn’t say I wouldn’t do it because in two years time you’ll be like, ‘You said you were never going to do this!’ But I’m not looking for it particularly,” he added.
Elsewhere in the Fan Expo Boston panel, McGregor praised his experience making Obi-Wan Kenobi. “That’s the beautiful thing about how passionate Disney, Lucasfilm, all of us are, who are involved with it is from the beginning is we try really hard not to let anything of the bad just to protect your experience of seeing it for the first time,” he revealed.
“I think it’s really cool that Disney and Lucasfilm care so much for the fan experience. They really want you to have a 100% experience the first time you see it, and if you’ve read that, and that leaked, and this came out, it’s just a bit of a shame isn’t it? It’s like looking at your Christmas presents before Christmas Day.”
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