Ewan McGregor lived a thousand lives on the screen but his favorite role is that of biker. The Scottish actor and his English presenter Charley Boorman re -stack for a new fantastic ride in vintage bikes on the roads of 17 European neighbors in “Long Way Home”, the fourth part of a documentary series started in 2004, to see from May 9, 2025 on Apple TV+.
“Moving films is like a military operation where we must comply with a strict program,” explains the interpreter of Obi-Wan Kenobi at a press conference. In 2003, I bought a motorcycle at the end of the filming of “Big Fish” in Alabama and rolled for four days to return to Los Angeles. I loved going to my own pace and making all the decisions. This is how I developed this passion. “
In the first episode of “this long detour to go home”, the quinqua takes leave of his second wife and their young son in Scotland to embark on a two -month journey through Scandinavia and the Baltic countries with his traveling companion. “These big trips are a luxury, I am aware,” he admits. I leave my responsibilities as father and husband behind me. It gives me a feeling of freedom. ” During its stopovers, the tandem takes the opportunity to swim in the Danish icy waters, play the pinball in a Polish museum dedicated to electric billiards, make paragliding in the Alps or taste local culinary specialties.
Going through Switzerland, he offered a visit to the curious Château de Tarasp, in Graubünden, guided by the owner, the Eccentric Swiss artist of Graubünden Not Vital. “What a character, he made me laugh with his comical way of speaking. It looked like him released from an Italian arty film from the 1950s, “comments the star of” Moulin Rouge “. The two men also tried in Hornuss or “Golf des Fermiers” in Tenniken, in the canton of Basel-Campagne, a sport to which they are naturally gifted. And are rewarded with a “giant” barbecue with their Swiss cameraman, Claudio von Planta, during a night at home.
Nothing seems to be able to spoil the manifest pleasure of the actor during this long trip, not even a big bowl on his machine near Copenhagen. “It’s my motorcycle, the star. She is so beautiful, ”he concludes by astitating and depositing a kiss on her two-wheelers.
