Ewan may offer tips on how to win the coveted Cannes Film Festival main prize as he discusses his role as part of the jury panel. Meanwhile, Ewan rather sheepishly admitted he had done no homework for his judging role.
My dear actor is one of a nine-strong panel responsible for judging the films and awarding the coveted Palme d’Or prize.
He told a press conference: ‘I looked through the prog yesterday when I arrived and had unpacked all my suits.
‘I lay on the bed and had a look and went ‘F****** hell, there’s some good stuff in here’. But apart from that, I haven’t swotted up on anything.’
Ewan joins actress Diane Kruger and fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier on the jury. The group also includes Arnold and is headed by Italian director and actor Nanni Moretti.
Ewan, said it was an ‘enormous honour’ to be part of the panel and he did not feel his position judging his peers was a superior one.
‘I don’t feel like I’m in some position of great power. There’s no feelings of revenge in this,’ he said.
Among the films up for the prestigious prize are David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis and Walter Salles’s adaptation of the Beat Generation novel On The Road. The festival runs to May 27.
