Hollywood star Ewan McGregor paid a visit to a Dundee street food van on Friday.
The Crieff actor – famed for his roles in Trainspotting and the Star Wars prequels – surprised staff at Heather Street Food at Dundee Waterfront.
Staff joked they didn’t recognise McGregor, 52, at first but that the “penny dropped when he tried to cut his bagel in half with a light sabre”.
Heather Street Food owner ‘starstruck’ by Ewan McGregor visit
Heather Street Food owner Chris Heather said he was left “starstruck” by the actor’s visit.
He told The Courier: “When we open the hatch in the morning we never know who’s going to turn up.
“We get people from all over the world coming for a donuts, coffee and bagel but it’s not every day a Hollywood A-lister comes to the van.
“I did a double take when I saw him walking over from the car park.
“He was very nice and looks just like he does in the movies.
“He had his family with him and someone had tipped him off to try our donuts. I was starstruck I couldn’t quite believe it was him.
“Maybe we’ll have to open another van in Hollywood!”
‘It never fails to amaze us who will appear at the hatch’
Posting on Instagram, Heather Street Food said: “Sometimes even Hollywood A-listers crave a hot fresh donut.”
They added: “It never fails to amaze us who will appear at the hatch.”
The donut van, based outside Dundee’s V&A museum, first opened in July 2020.
It has since become a firm favourite in the city and later launched a second truck at the waterfront.
After sampling some of the local cuisine McGregor also visited V&A Dundee to view the Tartan exhibition.
The former Morrison’s Academy pupil, played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel Star Wars trilogy from 1999 to 2005, a role originally made famous by Alec Guinness.
He returned to the role in a new Star Wars TV series for Disney+ in 2022, named after the Jedi Master, which was partly filmed in Perthshire.
The film star’s mum Carol was once deputy head teacher at Kingspark School in Dundee and later became her son’s PA before retiring.
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