When Ewan McGregor first met Mary Elizabeth Winstead on the set of the FX series 91裸聊视频淔argo91裸聊视频� in 2016, he couldn91裸聊视频檛 deny the chemistry that crackled between them.

91裸聊视频淲e didn91裸聊视频檛 know each other but there was an incredible connection in our work instinct. We just knew how to play these scenes almost without rehearsing,91裸聊视频� the actor says on a video call from New York.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 always felt like that.91裸聊视频�

McGregor and Winstead, who were both married to other people at the time, found their on-screen spark translated to real life. They tied the knot in April 2022 and share a two-year-old son. But the couple were eager to work together again.

So when McGregor was offered the lead in Paramount Plus91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淎 Gentleman in Moscow,91裸聊视频� an adaptation of Amor Towles91裸聊视频� 2016 novel of the same name that premieres Friday, he encouraged Winstead to audition for the series as well.

91裸聊视频淸Ewan] was reading the book to get more of a sense of the world, and he just started looking at me and going, 91裸聊视频極ooh, there91裸聊视频檚 a woman in this book that91裸聊视频檚 very interesting and you should take a look at it,91裸聊视频� Winstead says during an interview in Toronto.

91裸聊视频淪o I started reading the book as well and really fell in love with the role, fell in love with the world, fell in love with the writing.91裸聊视频�

Directed by Sam Miller, 91裸聊视频淎 Gentleman in Moscow91裸聊视频� follows 20th century count Alexander Rostov, played by McGregor, who is forced to reinvent himself after being sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest at a lavish hotel in the wake of the Russian Revolution.

Winstead plays Anna Urbanova, a glamorous actress who becomes romantically involved with Rostov while staying at the hotel.

91裸聊视频淎side from being each other91裸聊视频檚 partners, we love acting with one another,91裸聊视频� says Winstead.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 nobody I find more fun to act opposite than Ewan because he just brings so much out of me. He91裸聊视频檚 so charming and fun and he has such a spark and energy to him that91裸聊视频檚 infectious.91裸聊视频�

Still, Winstead says it was difficult filming some of the series91裸聊视频� more emotionally weighty scenes with someone she91裸聊视频檚 so close to in real life.

91裸聊视频淗aving it be so connected and so true with my real-life partner, sometimes in my head I91裸聊视频檇 be going, 91裸聊视频楴o, don91裸聊视频檛 cry, stop crying, just stop!91裸聊视频� It was harder to control because I did feel so much so naturally.91裸聊视频�

McGregor says reading the script for 91裸聊视频淎 Gentleman in Moscow91裸聊视频� gave him the same feeling as when he read the script for his 1996 breakthrough 91裸聊视频淭rainspotting.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲hen they gave me the script for 91裸聊视频楾rainspotting,91裸聊视频� they said, 91裸聊视频榃e91裸聊视频檙e not offering you the role. We just want to know what you think.91裸聊视频� And when I read that script and that character Mark Renton, I knew that it was the role of a lifetime. And I felt very similar with this.91裸聊视频�

Though the series is a period piece, McGregor says it feels pertinent to today91裸聊视频檚 world in light of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

91裸聊视频淭he backdrop of our story is the revolution that led Russia to where we are today, to (President Vladmir) Putin. We started mounting the series before Putin invaded Ukraine, but it happened while we were making this show and it felt terribly relevant.91裸聊视频�

Winstead adds that through the series, 91裸聊视频渨e see the building blocks91裸聊视频� for where Russia is currently.

91裸聊视频淲e get to see how there were people at that time who believed in a better Russia and maybe had good intentions, and to see how a dictator can take those good intentions and turn them into something nefarious,91裸聊视频� she says.

91裸聊视频淚 think that91裸聊视频檚 really heartbreaking to see some of the characters in the show start out from a place where they think they91裸聊视频檙e doing something for the greater good and have that be squandered.91裸聊视频�

Winstead says that after filming such heavy scenes, she and McGregor were 91裸聊视频渁lways pretty ready to get home and shed the vintage clothes and have dinner with our son and give him a bath and crash.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e didn91裸聊视频檛 stay in character (at home) but we would run our lines together for sure,91裸聊视频� laughs McGregor, adding he would often be learning lines after putting their son to bed, because Rostov is 91裸聊视频渁 very wordy character.91裸聊视频�

One aspect of Rostov that McGregor couldn91裸聊视频檛 shed at home was his formidable moustache, which the actor insisted on growing naturally rather than opting for prosthetics.

91裸聊视频淎 stuck-on moustache is always going to be restrictive because you can91裸聊视频檛 really move your face properly with one on. If you move your face, it starts lifting off and it91裸聊视频檚 something that you end up thinking about,91裸聊视频� he says.

91裸聊视频淭he count is not thinking about his moustache, so I didn91裸聊视频檛 want to be either.91裸聊视频�

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