When Ewan McGregor split from his first wife, it put a strain on his relationships with his children. His daughter, Clara McGregor took it especially hard, publicly shading her father as well as his now-wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The model later apologized but there was still tension, which McGregor acknowledged in an interview with GQ, proclaiming, “A divorce in a family is a bomb going off in everyone’s life — my children’s lives.”
So, when Clara approached her father with a screenplay she’d developed, it seemed like an opportunity to mend the relationship. The film, “You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder,” is a fictionalized story based on their relationship. “She tells me that she’d come up with an idea about writing about us. At first, I was a bit nervous. I didn’t know what that meant,” Ewan told GQ. He elaborated that he was ultimately won over by the quality of his daughter’s writing and that the overall process of making the film helped to repair their bond.
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Clara has since posted cute throwback pics of her and her dad on Instagram, as well as a sweet photo of her holding her half-brother, Laurie – Ewan’s child with Winstead. As of November 2022, the film, which also stars the father and daughter, was in post-production. Between his prolific career, his motorcycling adventures, and a now happy family, it would appear that the beloved actor has it all figured out.
