No tax incentives for film-makers to shoot in Britain

Hollywood heart-throb Ewan McGregor has blasted the lack of tax incentives for fimmakers to work in the UK.

The Scottish-born actor – whose latest role is Norman Warne, Beatrix Potter's publisher and secret love in Miss Potter – made the comment during an interview, adding that he relished the opportunity of filming in London and the Lake District, the Daily Express reported.

'We should be making more and more films over here. But the problem is there are no tax incentives to work here.

'It's crazy. We have such fantastic studios, technicians and some of the best actors in the world – so it's just lunacy. They don't make it attractive for actors to work here,' he said.

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