
Emily Alyn Lind and Esther McGregor connected on social media before meeting on the set of âWe Were Liars.â Years before the actors met, Estherâs dad, âTrainspottingâ star Ewan McGregor, predicted theyâd be fast friends.
Lind was working with Ewan on the 2019 film âDoctor Sleep,â when he told her all about his daughter and suggested they should meet. âHe’s like, ‘I have a young daughter, your age exactly. You guys are both artists, weird kids with short hair. You guys would be friends,’” Lind shared with People.Â
The âWe Were Liarsâ co-stars, both 23, DMâd each other on Instagram before filming the series in Nova Scotia, and when Lind finally met Esther it was clear Estherâs dad was right about their connection. “…we met and we were so instantly obsessed with each other, it was so cool,â Lind said.
The Whole âWe Were Liarsâ Cast Became Close

âWe Were Liars,â a series based on the 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, premiered on June 18 on Amazon Prime Video. According to Emily Alyn Lind, she and the whole cast, which also included Joseph Zada and Shubham Maheshwai, bonded while filming the show. “We were all so good together,â Lind explained. âIt was so good to have them as a support mechanism.”
Lind wasnât the only cast member who was enchanted by Esther McGregor either. Candice King, Estherâs onscreen mother on the series, described her as, “this magical fairy that sprinkles pixie dust of joy everywhere she goes.” Lind agreed, telling People, “She’s just magic-y.”
All About Esther McGregor
Esther McGregor is the daughter of Scottish actor Ewan McGregor and his ex-wife Eve Mavrakis. She is the second oldest of Ewanâs five children, and has modeled for Fendi with her big sister Clara. She is also an actor, a singer, and a tattoo artist.
Esther attended NYU and spoke with the schoolâs newspaper Washington Square News in 2021 about her love of tattooing. “I want to enhance the way people look at themselves and make people feel more comfortable in their own skin,” she shared.Â
Prior to starring in âWe Were Liars,â Esther appeared in the series âHigh Schoolâ and the film âBabygirl,â and made a cameo in âObi-Wan Kenobiâ alongside her dad.
Ewan had a proud parent moment when talking about Estherâs appearance on the show. “You don’t really know with your kids until that moment when I was acting with her and it felt really normal and natural,” he said on âThe Late Late Show with James Corden.â
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