Actor Ewan McGregor ‘very touched’ as he gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star

The 53-year-old was inducted into the well-known avenue with a speech from Hayden Christensen, 43, who he starred with within the Star Wars prequel trilogy as Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the Anakin Skywalker actor praising him as “the perfect Jedi grasp anybody may’ve requested for”.

Director Mike Mills, 58, additionally gave a speech, saying his crew “couldn’t await him to show up within the morning” when he was working alongside the actor on 2010 comedy drama Rookies, and added that McGregor was in a position to make himself “weak” and “go to such an genuine place”.

Receiving the honour, McGregor stated he was significantly happy that his star can be subsequent to that of his late pal Carrie Fisher, who starred within the authentic Star Wars trilogy, in addition to the three movies made by Disney.

The Scottish actor stated: “Oh, goodness me, it’s not possible to comply with these two intros, however I’ll strive my perfect.

“I simply need to thank everyone, all of you, for coming at the moment.

“I completely had no thought what it might really feel like, or what it might imply, however it’s which means a terrific deal, and it feels very, very good and I really feel very touched by the entire thing.

“I’m so moved that I’m near my previous pal Carrie Fisher, on the pavement right here, meaning a terrific deal to me.”

Talking about McGregor, Christensen stated he was “the best man on the planet” and described him as a “brother”.

He stated: “I typically take into consideration the primary time that I met you, and we had been each in Australia, many moons in the past, on the point of do Star Wars episode two.

“I used to be on the studio the place we had been going to be filming, and the producer was taking me round, displaying me some issues, after which he was going to go take me to satisfy Ewan for the primary time.

“And I used to be so excited, I used to be already such an enormous fan of his, and so I stroll into this room the place I’m instructed Ewan goes to be and earlier than I may even put eyes on him, I hear his voice, and he exclaims my title with with extra enthusiasm than I feel I’d ever heard it spoken with earlier than.

“I flip and see him, after which he’s coming at me, and he comes and simply offers me the most important hug, like simply probably the most disarmingly heat embrace, and we begin chatting, and he’s simply the nicest individual.

“He’s telling me how excited he’s to be working collectively and the way a lot enjoyable we’re going to have doing our lightsaber coaching, and he’s simply past type to me.

“It was instantly obvious to me that I used to be assembly somebody actually particular, and never simply as an actor, however as an individual, and that I used to be assembly a pal.”

McGregor’s star has change into the two,789th on the stroll and is situated exterior the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard after it was unveiled yesterday.

The actor achieved stardom taking part in Renton in 1996’s Trainspotting, earlier than taking part in Obi-Wan within the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the 2022 Disney+ spin-off collection in regards to the character.

He has additionally starred in Fargo, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and Moulin Rouge!.

McGregor was made an OBE in 2013 for companies to drama and charity and has gained an Emmy Award and one Golden Globe.