Ewan McGregoris now an Emmy winner, thanks to his fashionable turn as real-life designerRoy Halston Frowick.
During the 73rd PrimetimeEmmy Awardson Sunday, the star, 50, won outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie forHalston, a Netflix drama fromRyan Murphy.
After thanking those who worked on the series, he said, “Mary, I love you so much. I’m gonna take this home and show it to our new little boy, Laurie. And to my beautiful girls, who I know are watching, Clara, Esther, Jamyan and Anouk, hello to you too. Thank you very much everybody!”
The other actors recognized in the category included Paul Bettany (WandaVision), Hugh Grant (The Undoing),Lin-Manuel Miranda(Hamilton) and Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton). Back in 2017, McGregor was also nominated in this category forFargo.
“There were some other things said tonight in some of the other acceptance speeches. I have four daughters. The importance of women and women’s rights and equality for women and equal pay, it’s so great to be in a room where people are talking about that,” he continued. “I always think about my girls.”
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The real-life Halston — who introduced ultra-suede and hot-pants to mainstream America and inked a deal with mass retailer J.C. Penney while outfitting Studio 54 frequents like Cher, Bianca Jagger and Lauren Hutton — built a brand synonymous with “luxury, sex, status and fame” in New York City during the 1970s and ’80s. He died in 1990 at age 57.
Halston’s familycalled the drama series “inaccurate"and “fictionalized” earlier this year. McGregortold theLos Angeles Timesin August that he is “sad the family are upset, I really am.”
“I thought we did a nice job of telling his story with great respect. I never knew him, and I can only imagine, but I rather think he might have liked that we were making his story, that we had fun with it, that there was some silliness in it. We showed his passion and his genius,” he explained. “I often [pictured] him standing at the monitor, looking over [director Daniel Minahan]’s shoulder, excited that we were telling a part of his life.”
source: people.com
