Last week, there was some breaking news when Ewan McGregor was photographed strolling around Paris at night hand-in-hand, arm-in-arm with French actress Melanie Laurent, best known to American audiences for her performance in Inglourious Basterds. Ewan is married, you see, and has been for 15 years. And Melanie is not that wife. So, scandal, except most people pretty much think that Ewan and his wife Eve have an open relationship, so the most Ewan can be accused of is indiscretion.
Star Magazine has a piece about Ewan and Melanie, but they included a new twist on the story: apparently, before Melanie got her hands on Ewan, she tried to seduce Brad Pitt on the Basterds set. Merde!
Move over, Angelina Jolie – blonde stunner Melanie Laurent is emerging as Hollywood’s top man stealer!
Although Melanie failed to snare Angie’s mate, brad Pitt when the two worked on Inglourious Basterds, Melanie has now set her sights on married dad of three, Ewan McGregor.
The duo, who finished shooting the drama Beginners in December, left a Paris eatery hand in hand on February 9.
“Melanie was snuggling up to Ewan,” says an observor. “They were very tender with each other.”
Another insider says Ewan’s 15 year marriage to Eve is no obstavle for Melanie: “Melanie is shameless. She flirted with Brad constantly during filming and was extremely touchy-feely. He didn’t give in to her – but it looks like Ewan is hardly pushing her away!”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 1 2010]
Homewrecker FAIL!!! No, what was that again? You mean Melanie was the one who was after Brad, and not Diane Kruger, as widely reported?!? You mean the tabloids lied? Yeah. And as for the whole “Melanie is the one pushing herself on taken men” thing…hmm. They make Melanie out to be the bad guy, and that just makes me want to defend her. Maybe Ewan really does have an open marriage, in which case, God bless. But something about the Ewan-Melanie story that is striking me as weird. If Eve wasn’t worried about her marriage, why did she trot out for a bunch of photo ops right after the other photos broke (below, Eve and Ewan at the Berlin Film Festival just three days later)? Is it her way of publicly supporting a wayward husband? Is she marking her territory?
Ewan and Melanie in Paris on February 10, 2010, credit: Bauer-Griffin. Melanie, Brad, and Angelina at Cannes on May 20, 2009. Ewan and wife Eve on February 12 in Berlin, credit: WENN.
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