McGregor honoured with Spanish award NEWS
Ewan McGregor has become the youngest actor to be given the 'Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award' at Spain's 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Ewan McGregor has become the youngest actor to be given the 'Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award' at Spain's 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
John Travolta, Tommy Lee Jones and Oliver Stone have also been given lifetime achievement awards at this year's festival, the the British actor shone and was described as 'one of the finest actors of his generation' by the hosts. Other actors that have received the accolade in the past include; Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Woody Allen. McGregor, now aged 41 stated that: 'It was amazing arriving and feeling the wave of love from Spanish filmgoers,' McGregor said, adding: 'Thank you'.
The actor was at the festival to present his latest film 'The Impossible' which is based on the true story of a family that survived the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand - The film accounts the traumas of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. Congratulations to Ewan on a sensitive portrayal of an impossibly difficult storyline.
The San Sebastian festival runs in Spain's Basque region until Saturday October 6th.
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