Ewan McGregor receives death threat on set

[marmar]

from the Independent UK:



Ewan McGregor receives death threat on set

By Rob Sharp, Arts Correspondent
Friday, 24 December 2010


It sounds like the plot to the latest Hollywood blockbuster. It involves an A-list star, his understudy, and a violent death threat. Unfortunately for Ewan McGregor, it is the reality unfolding on the set of his new movie.

Production of The Impossible, currently shooting in Phang-nga, Thailand, has been halted after the actor received a death threat from an extra on set. The offending actor, who has not been named, was found in McGregor's trailer writing threats in the form of a poem to the Scottish actor.

The poem, which described McGregor's death, included the line: "Twisting the knife as I look into your eyes."

A crew member working for local production company Santa Films said: "We could not call Thai police because the man had only written poetry, and they would be unlikely to understand. Instead there was no confrontation. The extra was told that he would not be needed for a week and he would be called when it was time. He was not called. He looked a little wide-eyed and preoccupied. The producers decided that he was a serious risk." .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ewan-mcgregor-receives-death-threat-on-set-2168431.html

[baldguy]

1. He was upset that Obi-Wan failed in training Anakin.

He could have saved him from the Dark Side.