Ewan McGregor Transforms Into Designer Roy Halston Frowick While Filming 'Simply Halston' in NYC

Ewan McGregor is hard at work on his new limited-series!

The 48-year-old actor got into character as fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick while filming the upcoming Netflix series Simply Halston on Thursday (February 20) in New York City.

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Ewan sported a black, leather coat with a big, silver belt buckle as he filmed a scene while walking through a protest.

Simply Halston – created by Ryan Murphy – follows the life of the celebrated fashion designer, who rose to prominence in the 1960s.

Ryan shared a couple teasers for the series earlier this week.

“After a long 20 years of twists and turns, the limited series HALSTON starring the fantastic Ewan McGregor began production today,” Ryan wrote. “I am so proud of our director and leader Dan Minahan, and Christine Vachon of Killer Films. I am thrilled to be producing this great and meaningful show with them and Alexis Martin Woodall and Pamela Koffler.”

Other stars in the show include Rory Culkin as Joel Scumacher, Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti, David Pittu as Joe Eula, and Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli.

Make sure you check out the star-studded cast of Ryan‘s other Netflix project Hollywood!