Ewan and Hugh Jackman team up

August 8, 2006Ewan McGregor is set to star opposite Hugh Jackman in Swiss director Marcel Langenegger’s “The Tourist.” In the script by Mark Bomback (“Constantine”), Patrick Marber (“Closer”) and Jason Keller, McGregor portrays Jonathan, an accountant disconnected from life, who is reinvigorated by his new friend Wyatt (Jackman), a powerful and charismatic lawyer who introduces Jonathan to a mysterious sex club known as The List. Shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams, Jonathan becomes the number one suspect in not only the woman’s disappearance and possible murder but also a 20 million dollar theft. Production is scheduled to begin October 9 in New York City.Source: www.productionweekly.com

McGREGOR’S GAY KISSING SESSIONS

EWAN MCGREGOR has no qualms about smooching actor DOUGLAS HODGE in new movie SCENES OF A SEXUAL NATURE – because they practiced locking lips frequently in their own time. The TRAINSPOTTING hunk starred alongside Hodge in London’s West End stage show of GUYS AND DOLLS, and vowed to pucker up on a regular basis in preparation for the film. He says, “We would run it a few times between shows. “My character Billy is a human being – if he is gay or straight, it doesn’t make any difference.”Source: contactmusic.com

Double Jab revs up for Sheene biography

NEWS BRIEF: Leeds producer Double Jab Productions is making a biography of legendary UK motorcycling champion Barry Sheene, commissioned by EMI.The 75-minute special, to be aired on The Biography Channel this winter, is the first official biog of the sporting icon since his death from cancer in 2003.The programme will be narrated by actor and motorcycling enthusiast Ewan McGregor, produced and directed by Mark Tinkler and released on DVD by EMI next year.Source: www.c21media.net Thanks to Roberta for the article

Ewan on set

August 3rd – Ewan McGregor talking on his mobile phone at Woody Allen’s film set in London, England. We’ve also added a new still from ‘Miss Potter’

Ewan McGregor has a gay kiss in his new movie

2006-08-04 17:40:43The ‘Moulin Rouge’ star locks lips with fellow actor Douglas Hodge in new British drama ‘Scenes Of A Sexual Nature’.The 35-year-old actor – who plays Hodge’s gay lover in the film – says he had no trouble getting into the character.He was quoted in Britain’s Daily Express newspaper as saying: “I’ve never been a soldier but I’ve played a soldier. My character Billy is a human being – if he is gay or straight, it doesn’t make any difference.” The ‘Star Wars’ actor also revealed the pair got a chance to rehearse their smooch, when they starred in musical ‘Guys and Dolls’ together.He joked: “We would run it a few times between shows.” This is not the first time McGregor has kissed a man in a movie.In another British film, ‘Velvet Goldmine’, he shared a smooch with actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who later complained McGregor had given him “a terrible stubble rash.”Source: www.pr-inside.com Related Stories:McGregor’s gay kissing sessions Ewan McGregor Practiced Kissing Male Co-Star