Ewan McGregor will be joining the cast of Terry Gillam’s next flick The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Johnny Depp was originally piped to play the part but had to step down due to other filming commitments.

McGregor will be starring with long time actor Robert Duvall (Crazy Heart, 2010). McGregor will play a 21st century advertising executive who travels back in time and has adventures with the legendary Quixote.

As of late I haven’t been too impressed with McGregor’s performances, but Gilliam speaks highly of him saying: “He’s got a great sense of humour and he’s a wonderful actor. He’s wonderfully boyish and can be charming – when he flashes a smile, everybody melts. He wields it like a nuclear bomb”. Hopefully McGregor can pull this one out of the bag.

This will be Gillam’s second attempt at a Don Quixote movie, having had the set for his first attempt destroyed in a freak storm back in 1999.