Ewan McGregor and his mustache are hotel-bound in the A Gentleman In Moscow trailer
Ewan McGregor’s facial hair supremacy continues in an Amor Towles adaptation
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Following up on his incredible beard work in a galaxy far, far away, Ewan McGregor is taking his knack for stylish and full facial hair to Russia. Armed with nothing more than a thick pushbroom hanging over his upper lip and a positive mental attitude, Ewan McGregor stars in A Gentleman In Moscow, an eight-episode limited series coming to Paramount+ with Showtime.
Based on the international bestseller by Amor Towles, A Gentleman In Moscow follows Count Alexander Rostov (McGregor), whose life is upended by the Russian Revolution. Count Rostov’s gilded lifestyle doesn’t jive with the socialist desire to overthrow and abolish the monarchy. Being that his very existence is an insult to the socialist state, the Bolshevik tribunal sentences him to life in suite 3177 of the Hotel Metropol. It’s an attic bedroom with a bed that squeaks in G#. That mustache clearly protects Rostov from having the smile wiped off his face, as this dude was having too much fun to flee Russia. Instead, like Royal Tenenbaum and Dunston, he turns his hotel into a home.