ewan mcgregor charley boorman long way round

MCGREGOR: I read this book by Ted Simon, a journalist for The Sunday Times. Delhi's 'Hijabi Biker' Breaks India's Stereotypes Riding 'Ninja' MotorbikeĮwan, you've traveled all around the world riding with Charley.10 Times Ewan McGregor Owned The Screen-Yes, We're Including The Prequels.First Black Woman to Host Travel TV Show Flies in the Face of Convention.

It was always about the bikes-it was always therapy for me. So I used getting back on the motorbike as motivation. I'd woken up after the crash-I had broken three limbs quite badly and was feeling very sorry for myself-and I looked over at the bed next door, and there was a guy who was much, much worse off than me.Īnd I thought, you know what? These are just broken bones. It was always my goal to get back on the motorbike. I wasn't really walking very well, but I could ride a motorbike. Why did you get back on the bike and especially with the camera on you?īOORMAN: The first crash was hard and it took a long time to get back from that within a couple of years. Courtesy of Apple TVĬharley, you had two serious motorcycle accidents, one during the early planning. The “Long Way Up” team rode through southern Patagonia, the Andes Mountains, the Atacama Desert and up through Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador much of it at plus 10,000 elevation which led to one team member battling altitude sickness. Russ had the idea of what about doing electric? And that little seed sort of popped in there and grew. We got Russ Malkin and David Alexanian, our business partners and producers together for dinner, and we came up with it. We'd always thought about doing a third one and Ewan always had this affinity for going up through South America and Central America. Then because when we met 25 years ago our first conversation was about motorbikes we carried on again talking about motorbikes. Ewan came over here to make a movie and stayed in our house for a while and we reconnected. Then a few years ago, I had a big crash and smashed my legs up. For a long period of time, we kept missing each other because we were always working on different things, and we drifted apart because of being on the opposite sides of the Atlantic. Why more than a decade since your last series?ĬHARLEY BOORMAN: Wow. So why now Long Way Up-the third installment in your motorcycle adventures. Getty/Ron Gaunt/Getty Images for Long Way Down They traveled over 15,000 miles on motorcycles from Scotland to South Africa.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman arrive at the end of their 'Long Way Down' trip on Augin Cape Town, South Africa.

Ewan mcgregor charley boorman long way round