As corny as it sounds, today is my 3 year "anniversary" with Ewan. [laughs] Ah yes exactly 3 years ago today, I watched
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anika1 — 16 years ago(February 18, 2010 10:08 PM)
That's funny! It was his smile that got me too, except the film was Big Fish. Even covered with blood, that smile was completely amazing. If he had smiled like that in The Phantom Menace, I'd have noticed him years before. Darn you, George Lucas. Look at all the time I missed.
I've been a huge fan for 5-1/2 years.
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rparker-14 — 15 years ago(December 24, 2010 07:17 AM)
how can anyone fancy this wey faced actor whose ruined every movie hes been in st moulin rouge. why do producers keep on hiring this non event who was prepared to work wth polanksi -thankfully ghost failed too
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cleftheart101 — 16 years ago(February 19, 2010 10:57 PM)
Since 1997 (13 years). When I first saw him in an episode of
Tales from the Crypt
and the movie
Trainspotting
. After that, I became a fan and tries to watch all the movies he was in.
I was actually surprised to find out he was already married with a kid by then. I thought he looked so young.
He wasn't very popular then, when I found out he was going to be in Star Wars, I was like "oh so he's going to be popular now".-
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anthoula1978 — 16 years ago(February 23, 2010 08:07 AM)
Me too not same time since i saw it when it came out in 2001 but i mean i remember trainspotting his very big break and star wars and down with love that i saw later but MOULIN ROUGE was the perfect and still is one of hte most perfect movies included in the trilogy of buz lurman but i also agree he has an amazing smile and eyes but his voice is one of the most beautiful that is why he has done guys and dolls in the theatre and the ending in moulin rouge where satine is in his arms dying and he holds her and he cries i mean i was crying almost the whole movie when i saw it hte other day but when he holds her and she dies and he cries out loud and screams you become an emotional wreck that is why i cannot see it more often cause it is so intense and so heartbreaking!
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rachie_me — 16 years ago(March 04, 2010 06:03 PM)
AGES lol i cant remember what i first saw him in (though i think mum made me suffer through E2000mma (i'm a tomboy, and not into chick flicks, i havent seen down with love)), but i was in love with him the first moment i saw him. I think the major obsession started obviously, when i heard he was gonna be in star wars (im a huge fan of star wars also). i remember one day when i was like 14 sitting down watching the 6 hrs special ed of making of ep 1 while my grandad was cutting tiles so i could barely hear it, but i didnt care. I think the next step in obsession was LV because he was so shy and cute, then moulin rouge, and i loved him also when he did the polar bears thing with his little song about sheep
i also love love love his voice acting in Robots, i think he MAKES Rodney. and i love him also in the island "why do we sound different?" "because i'm from scotland" gasms (i LOVE scottish accents and my obsession with Ewie (as we call him in my family) has lead me to obsess over Gerard Butler also (OM NOM NOM!!!)
i have read the long way round and down and own both on DVD men who stare at goats is about to come out here in Oz and i so cant wait to see it. and im pretty sure im naming my son (if i ever get one) Ewan (my other half is half scottish so it works also).
i love his cheeky grin and sense of humour i ADORE it in the behind the scenes of Star wars when he goes on about how when he uses his light sabre he makes the "swooshing" noises and the director/crew kept telling him he didnt have to make the noises himself and he was like "ino, i just cant help it"
Eve is one lucky b***h
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leetallahassee — 16 years ago(February 25, 2010 05:26 PM)
I "discovered" Mr. McGregor after watching "The Long Road Home" episode of
the television series "E.R." I had heard about about him prior to seeing this
and was intrigued by what I heard, but had never seen any of his work. This
man's talent blows me away. (It doesn't hurt that he is drop dead gorgeous as
well.) In addition, I have heard and seen that he is a modest man who doesn't
take his "superstardom" too seriously, is rearing his children away from the
spotlight, (doesn't spoil them), is devoted to his wife (an attractive woman,
but not "Hollywood Gorgeous"). While he takes his work seriously, he has said
that acting is not his be all and end all in life. When he was younger, he
said that he smoked and drank to excess at times. Later, in his late twenties
early thirties, he decided that this might lead him down the wrong path, and
quit both. I think that this shows Mr. McGregor has great strength of character.
He also once stated "just because I earn a good income, doesn't mean I should
give my daughter a pony or anything else she may want, at least not right away."
Recently, a photo was published of Ewan kissing Jim Carrey on the mouth. (In
a "congratulatory way.") An interviewer on "Good Morning America" tried to make
something of it. He just shrugged it off and basically said "I like Jim and
enjoyed working with him. Why would this still be an issue in 2010? Who cares?
From everything that I have heard, he is happily (and monogamously) married to
a woman. Yet he is not afraid to act in films very frank in the their depiction
of homosexuality. And, he does not seem to be worried about his image and/or
career to be photographed kissing another man. And finally while he seems to
be kind to fans who enjoy his work, he does not suffer "obsessives." He once
said that an obviously over the top "Star Wars' fan said to him (in an airport?)
"Obie-Wan, do you have any advice for a young Jedi in training?" Ewan
replied "Don't be ridiculous." (I would have loved to have seen the look on that
man's face.)
To sum up, I think Mr. McGregor has the right attitudes and values that other
actors and actresses should emulate. (Are you listening, Charlie Sheen?)
I am attempting to collect all of Mr. McGregor's work on DVD, and have a large
collection of magazines with him on the cover. I would love to meet him someday
and discuss his acting, among his other interests. (I probably won't bring out
everything in my collection to show him (at least not all at once), lest he
accuse me of "being ridiculous" (lol!)
Just bought a two disc collectors set of "Moulin Rouge." I bought it a a local
garage sale. I did not pay a "ridiculous" price for it.
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The-Flick_Chick — 12 years ago(July 13, 2013 11:13 PM)
I think the first time I saw him was 'Trainspotting'. I will watch anything he is in because I respect him as an actor, he has yet to choose a role that I haven't enjoyed viewing, all the way back to 'Shallow Grave'. I rooted for Alex lol. Honestly brilliant actor, and one of the very best of modern cinema.
"She is a predator posing as a house pet"
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Scalettca — 11 years ago(January 30, 2015 11:25 PM)
I agree as well with your statement about Star Wars. I also first saw him in the Tales from the Crypt episode and then Trainspotting. But the movie that did me in was Eye of the Beholder. I'm also a huge fan of Ashley Judd which is why I fell in love with both of them. That movie just has so many layers to me. There is something about that movie that just gets me going and I either cry or just kinda shake. I just can't stop seeking out all of Ewan's movies. I've seen almost all of them but Scarlet & the Black is hard to find.
So many great roles he has played. I love the off beat ones that no one ever mentions like Pillow Book. Its always about Star Wars or Moulin Rouge. But don't get me wrong, I do love those too. -
VelvetBabe — 16 years ago(February 23, 2010 03:42 PM)
I don't know exactly how long ago it was, I'm guestimating about 3 years ago that my best friend showed me Long Way Round on dvd. LWD hadn't come out yet so I know it had to have been pre-07. Anyway, I didn't expect to like it all that much, but the more I watched, and the more Ewan's beautiful blonde beard filled in the more you got to know his personality and humor and see all that he and Charley went through as they biked around the world by about half way through I was completely hooked. I was struck by his lovliness, again, his sense of humor, his bursting into song in Russia, the cameraderie that he and Charley shared Ewan just seemed to be such a decent guy with a big heart so that won me over most of all.
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hollychuggjones — 16 years ago(February 23, 2010 05:39 PM)
15 years ago. I snuck in to the front room when I was 6 to watch Shallow Grave, because my parents said I wasn't allowed, and I wasn't going to stand for THAT! (Yes, I was that kind of kid.) Luckily for me and my psyche, I fell asleep at the very beginning, and woke up to Christopher Eccleston smacking Kerry Fox. When Ewan defended her and got stabbed, I was worried for him. When I saw what he'd done with the money I admired him, even though I had NO idea what the hell the plot was, (it was the music!) And it was Star Wars 1 in the cinema when I loved him. Sighs!
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Ewansgirl144 — 16 years ago(February 24, 2010 04:08 PM)
Everyone's stories are so damn cute! haha wow I can't believe the number of years for all of you and I've only got 3 under my belt. And to who ever said "I like have actors all to myself" (I'm sorry I'm7ec writing the reply and too lazy to go see who it was) Yes it certainly is! I was telling my mom that he was just on Letterman the other day and then ellen yesterday and she said "What? He is trying to be an actor now?" and I'm like "Mom! He's done other talk shows"
More and more people are finding out about himI'm not liking it. No no I'm kinding but it is funny though, my uncle called me before and said "I just finished listening to the radio and their was an interview on with your friend Ewan McGregor" and I'm like "WHAT STATION!" he said "I listened to it during the day, he seems like a pretty good guy. He didn't sound like a jerk at all. He was very nice and cool." I'm like "That's my Ewan!"
My uncle said they talked about Othello alot, and like every one of his movies. He said that Ewan said his favorite at the moment is when he plays a gay lover. I said "Yeah thats 'I Love You Phillip Morris'" He wants to see it now. Then my uncle finally says, "hes been in SO many movies" and I said "Yup, and I've seen them all."
Oh Ewan McGregor, why must you be so adorably perfect?
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snarlah-1 — 16 years ago(February 25, 2010 07:33 PM)
Well, I experienced the 60s, so I'm much older than you. Therefore, I have loved Ewan McGregor since the brilliant and disturbing little film called "Trainspotters." And the other day I realized that he did much of the solo singing in "Moulin Rouge" and almost died of love. What a voice. The Celts are notable for their singing, and that beautiful man from Glasgow (who did an amazing interview with Craig Ferguson, also Glaswegean recently)is no exception to the rule. The Scots may not be as famous for their singing as the Irish and the Welsh, but Ewan blew me away with his voice! Check out the soundtrack to that movie. I guarantee you'll be a puddle on the floor when he sings "This is Your Song" by Elton John, or some hack pianist like that. LOL