Ewan McGregor saddles up for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Long delayed film 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' has just bagged itself Ewan McGregor.
Ewan will join Robert Duvall and take on the role that was originally attached to Johnny Depp, but with the eagerly anticipated 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' looming, Gilliam has decided to go with Ewan.
The film begins shooting in September, director Terry Gilliam said "Robert Duvall is one of the greats, no question - and he can ride a horse!" laughed Gilliam. "And Ewan has gotten better over the years. He was wonderful in The Ghost. There's a lot of colours to Ewan that he's not been showing recently and it's time for him to show them again. He's got a great sense of humour and he's a wonderful actor. He's wonderfully boyish and can be charming - when he flashes a smile, everybody melts. He wields it like a nuclear bomb!"
If the plot is to remain the same as the aborted 2000 version, the Ewan will play a 21st century advertising executive who travels back in time to 17th century Spain, where he meets Don Quixote (Duvall) and becomes involved in adventures with him.