Ewan McGregor issues brutal advice to 30-year-old nepo actress daughter Clara

Ewan McGregor did not sugarcoat his advice to daughter Clara McGregor when she told him she wanted to follow in his acting footsteps.The 55-year-old End of Oak Street star shares Clara, 30, with ex-wife Eve Mavrakis, 60. Earlier this week, the nepo baby appeared on the Camelot Films Podcast, where she said neither of her parents shielded her from the harsh realities of show business. 'When I first told him I wanted to be an actor, both my parents were like, "OK, well, good luck. It's f***ing tough out there,"' she shared.She added about her famous father: 'He was also very aware of how lucky he got [in his own career]. He is very good, but he – right out of drama school – got very lucky with agents and people kind of finding him.'The budding star explained, 'I think there's an awareness that's just not always how it is. My mom being a production designer in film has also seen so much of it. They were very realistic with me about it being very tough, potentially not working out, and that I really needed a backup. My mom was like, 'You need to go to university and have something to fall back on.'' Ewan McGregor did not sugarcoat his advice to daughter Clara McGregor when she told him she wanted to follow in his acting footsteps; pictured in August Earlier this week, the nepo baby appeared on the Camelot Films Podcast, where she said neither her dad, nor her mom Eve Mavrakis shielded her from the harsh realities of show business; pictured in February 2024Clara told host Luke Croft-Faulkner and Matt Hookings that she has not received any handouts from her dad amid her acting pursuit.'He's never really been one to make calls for me or anything like that,' she insisted, adding, 'But he'll show me good movies. 'He'll talk to me about his process on set and, also, I think he taught me just how important it is to be humble and to be grateful to be working and that everyone around you on set is making you look better.'The father-daughter duo starred alongside each other in the 2024 drama Bleeding Love, which Clara produced and co-wrote.They played an estranged father and daughter working through issues from their past.Clara recalled about the collaboration, 'We were working together... and he never once gave me any notes or told me how to act at all. Because he's a pro.'She explained, 'He knows that you don't do that to another actor or the best people don't as well. If you're great, you never need to get any notes... and also you just don't give notes to a fellow actor.'In August, Ewan said starring opposite his firstborn daughter helped heal their relationship following his divorce from her mother. 'When I first told him I wanted to be an actor, both my parents were like, 'OK, well, good luck. It's f***ing tough out there,' she shared; (Source: Camelot Films Podcast/YouTube) Clara pictured with her famous father at her 30th birthday bash (Source: Clara McGregor Instagram) The actress in a scene from the film Bleeding LoveDuring an interview at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, he fought back tears as he recalled working with Clara.He described 'a painful time' for his family following his divorce from Mavrakis in 2020.The Trainspotting actor and Mavrakis were married from 1995 until their 2017 separation. In addition to Clara, they share Esther, 25, and adopted daughters Jamyan, also 25, and Anouk, 15.Ewan married Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 2022. Their son Laurie was born in 2021.The movie star said filming Bleeding Love brought the pair together in a story about reconciling during a road trip across America.He candidly shared: 'It was a very difficult time because I had separated from Clara's mum, and divorced from Clara's mum, and it was a very painful time.'My children were very hurt, and Clara was very hurt. And Clara was – I'm grateful for it now – she was very open with me and very vocal with me.'Ewan added that Clara had 'expressed her anger very well.''And so when she told me sometime later, after a year or two, that she was writing a story about us, I was scared that it was gonna be something like that.'And when I read it, it was so beautiful and moving, and about reparation of a relationship between a father and a daughter that hadn't fully happened yet between us.'And so it was a very important part of that, for me and her, by being set together, and by telling the story about an estranged daughter.'It's not autobiographical in any way but there are masses of elements in it that are.'