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McGregor also stars in the movie, set in late 1960s America,
alongside Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning, playing a man
whose family starts to fall apart when his daughter becomes
politically radicalized.
"I've always wanted to direct for a long time and I always
wanted to wait to have a story that I felt I was burning to
tell," McGregor told Reuters in an interview.
"Then I was talking to my wife about the fact that I didn't
think this one was going to happen and she said 'you should
direct that one' (American Pastoral)."
Asked about potentially playing the next James Bond - a role
that has been linked to various actors - McGregor joked: "If
there are auditions for James Bond, I don't know about them. So
I am going to phone my agent immediately to find out."
(Reporting By Reuters Television; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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