Rival movies fight over Scots star Ewan McGregor

Apr 27 2008 By Fariha Karim

EWAN McGregor is at the centre of a tug of war between two rival Scots films.

The Star Wars actor is wanted by Oscar-winning Peter Capaldi to star in a new Scots comedy called The Young Pretender.

But he's also been targeted for Scarlett Johansson's remake of Mary Queen of Scots.

Both films are to be shot this summer.

McGregor previously said he would take the title role as The Young Pretender in Capaldi's film, about a movie actor playing Bonnie Prince Charlie. Johansson wanted the Scots actor to play the Earl of Bothwell in her £26million film, which is due to start shooting in July this year.

An insider said: "Ewan has committed to Peter's project and it's likely that everything will have to work around that."