Ewan McGregor Teases New Long Way Series as He Shares His Passion for Motorbiking: ‘I Absolutely Love It’

Ewan McGregor is about to take the long road again.

During a recent panel at New York Comic Con, Star Wars actor, 52, teased a return to his motorcycle adventure series with British TV host Charley Boorman. Their travel show, Long way upwhich debuted on Apple TV+ in 2020, saw the couple motorcycling their electric Harley-Davidsons across South and Central America.

The series was the third in a saga of their world travels where the duo experience different cultures while overcoming the elements and hardships of motorcycle travel. Long Way Round (2004) and Long way down (2007) are both available to watch on Apple TV+”

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“Maybe we’ll have another one A long way from the sleeve,” McGregor hinted last Thursday. “We have an idea and we’ve started talking about it, so it’s in the early stages of fermentation. We’re definitely going to do another one, but I’m not in a position to talk about where that would be yet.”

The Obi-Wan Kenobi the star couldn’t resist dropping a little hint.

“We did the Northern Hemisphere, and then we did the whole continent of Africa, so there’s not much [we haven’t done]”, McGregor said about his previous travels. “But when you think about it, our route is only a thin line across that vast land, so there’s a lot we haven’t seen.”

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The Doctor Sleep star was one of the featured guests at this year’s 2023 New York Comic Con — his first — alongside actors including Chris Evans, David Tennant, Zachary Levi, Tom Hiddleston and Susan Sarandon.

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The annual event, which is “the largest and most exciting popular culture convention on the East Coast,” according to the NYCC website, “is home to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies and television. ”

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While thinking about his A long way trips, McGregor added that both he and Boorman, 57, wanted to give back to the people they met along the way as they explored each country’s history and culture. This desire led them to partner with UNICEF, an agency that provides humanitarian and development aid to children around the world.

“Being young fathers at the time, we wanted to help a children’s charity,” McGregor said of his preparations for the first A long way series. “It’s UNICEF [an organization] we were always impressed and wanted to be associated with them, so we asked them when we were planning Long Way Round, if you could show us a few of your projects and tell them our route. They were just fantastic to work with.”

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The Moulin Rouge the star then recalled three projects he worked on with UNICEF. The first was in Ukraine, where motorcyclists helped children affected by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. “We were blown away by the courage and determination of these people,” McGregor said of the children and volunteers he met.

He then continued on his motorcycle to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, where he worked with UNICEF to set up climbing walls and competitions for children who had faced abuse and violence. “These climbing rocks completely turned those areas around and the kids had something they could physically put effort into,” McGregor recalled. “There were kids who became really good climbers and stars in the area.”

The latest project took place in Mongolia, where travelers were “very moved” by children living in “large underground heating ducts” during the country’s cold winter. Mongolia is where the father of five would later adopt his daughter, Jamyan McGregor, 22, who was then 4 in 2006.

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Riding a motorcycle was instrumental in helping the couple meet people “in a different way” than driving a car, according to McGregor.

He mentioned that in Mongolia and Kazakhstan “there are still people who are nomadic”, where “the land does not belong to anyone”.

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“When we showed up on our bikes, they treated us like them,” McGregor said. “You are sensitive to weather conditions. If it rains, you get wet. If it’s cold, you’re cold too, so they’re just very friendly. I don’t know if we showed up in big jeeps or four-by-fours, he would have felt the same way.”

For this purpose, Fargo the actor is “much happier and better on the bike.”

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“I see more and I’m more aware of my surroundings,” McGregor said. “It ruins driving a car because you have to be so careful when you’re riding a motorbike that you become incredibly defensive and aware of what’s going on.”

“And then when you’re in the car, you drive it the same way — which is what you’re supposed to do anyway,” McGregor added with a laugh. “Someone else will take me home, don’t worry.”

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