With the TV show came the inevitable tie-in book. Ewan McGregor genuinely is a big film star but he comes across as much less up himself and much more likeable. He’s an entitled spoiled brat and he’s by far the worst thing about these adventures. Charley Boorman is the son of director John Boorman he’s made appearances in some of his father’s films and he thinks he’s a much bigger movie star than he really is. Yes, we can’t go much further without addressing Charley. They decided the trip through Siberia was probably not going to go well and it wouldn’t look good for their bikes so they declined the offer to hand over free bikes, at which point Charley Boorman threw an absolute lying-on-the-floor screaming-and-thrashing tantrum. The first plan was to approach KTM, a brand of bright orange off-road and adventure bikes. For example, the motorbikes they used were given to them by BMW, and that was where the first bad taste in my mouth came in. That and getting various other companies to sponsor it. The background is that Ewan & Charley wanted to do an adventure and found the best – maybe the only – way to fund it was to persuade a TV production company to film it. Another motorbike journey, this time from John O’Groats to Cape Town via East Africa. That was a big deal and a big adventure and I don’t think Long Way Down ever quite recaptured the magic.Īll the same, it was the first one I saw. It’s a sequel to their 2004 motorcycle adventure around the world, Long Way Round, where they rode from London to New York via Siberia and Mongola. Most people don’t start the Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman machine with Long Way Down.
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