Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Son “Freaked Out” When He Met Grogu
As the child of two prominent Star Wars actors, Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s young son Laurie got opportunities that most fans could only dream of.
On Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show, however, the couple revealed that when Laurie got a chance to meet the real Grogu, things did not go as planned.
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“There was a big build-up to it, because he’s got several Grogu stuffed animals that he loves, I mean, since he was born to now,” Winstead explained. “He loves them. He wants to take them everywhere.”
Not the Reaction McGregor and Winstead Expected
Naturally, his parents thought the young boy would be thrilled to meet the iconic Star Wars character in person.
“We were like, ‘Laurie, you’re going to meet the real Grogu!’ And he was like, a year and a half at this point,” she continued. “Everybody was there to make this happen to, like, bring Grogu to life in front of him…and it went really badly.”
Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead on ‘The Tonight Show’. Photo: NBC
“He freaked out,” McGregor deadpanned
Winstead admitted that it was simply “too much” and “too weird” for the young boy, who “screamed the whole time.”
Eventually, things got so bad that Grogu’s “handlers” were apologizing.
Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“[Laurie] was, like, screaming his head off.”
Hopefully, in a few years, Laurie will be able to enjoy the perks of being the child of Star Wars royalty. For now, however, it sounds like he would rather enjoy things from afar.
