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Ewan McGregor Comes Clean in Out

Never afraid to take chances, drop his trousers, or kiss a boy, Scottish thespian Ewan McGregor gets down and dirty for Out magazine’s March issue. The actor sat with journalist Joshua David Stein to discuss his new film, I Love Your Phillip Morris, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film, co-starring Jim Carrey, languished without domestic distribution for over a year.

McGregor quickly weighed in with why he believes the film didn’t immediately sell, telling Out, “There was quite a lot of talk at Sundance that, ‘Well, it’s not a gay movie. It’s a film about guys who happen to be gay.’ And I was thinking, it’s nothing but a gay movie. It’s about a gay couple, about a man’s sexuality, and he comes out. It’s not the point of the film, but let’s not pretend it’s not a gay film.”

The free-spirited McGregor also spoke bluntly about his first bout with nudity on the stage saying, “So I’m sliding toward the front row of the audience like this,” he says, “butt naked, and thinking, What of the front row? They just got my bumhole coming straight at them.”

Full cover story here. Also in the March Issue, out February 23rd:

• 80 American Classics – An exquisite slideshow celebrating the spectrum of queer talent who taught us who we are
• Actor Guillermo Diaz - star of NBC’s new series Mercy, as versatile as he is queeny
• American Idols – This spring’s playful looks prove that men will be boys

EWAN MCGREGOR IS A MEN'S HEALTH GUY

He racked up more than 16,000 miles on a motorbike trip from London to New York, took another ride from the northern tip of his native Scotland to South Africa, slept on dunes in the Sahara, learned to fly old bush planes, and fearlessly lives like there's no tomorrow. In a nutshell...Epic travel, rowdy times, good friends, and challenging work make Ewan McGregor the June cover guy for Men's Health magazine.

Inside the mag, McGregor shares his Guy Wisdom, opening up about beating addiction, fatherhood and the secret to his happy marriage.

On his happy 14-year marriage:
“From the moment Eve and I met it was right, and I hesitate to explain the reasons behind that. If you spend too much time ‘working’ on your relationship, I don’t think it’s a relationship worth being in. With Eve, I’ve never had to work. We just have it. I’m in it, she’s in it, and that’s that.  If you’re attracted to someone, you’re comfortable with them and have mutual respect, the rest will take care of itself.”

The June issue of Men's Health hits shelves Tuesday, May 26th, but you can read the interview with Ewan McGregor at MensHealth.com, right now!

EWEN MCGREGOR SAYS PHILLIP MORRIS IS GAY

Amid talk that 'Phillip Morris' is not a gay film, Ewen McGregor bluntly told HitFix that the movie most certainly is gay:

McGregor: "Y'know there was a lot of talk about it at Sundance about it not being a 'gay movie.' Well, I think it is a gay movie. Of course it's a gay movie. It's about two gay men or three gay men, y'know? And a man whose relationships are with men. And although the humor isn't born out of the fact it's about gay men, it's a funny movie. Y'know, I never wanted to be worried about the fact that it's a gay story because it is. I hope they locked it that way. You can imagine that the people who deal with such things going, 'Oh, let's make sure people don't think it's a gay movie and y'know that won't sell.' But of course it is, and it's a good film." [source]

Despite difficulties finding a U.S. distributor because of it's strong homosexual content, Variety reports that the film has been picked up by Consolidated Pictures Group (CPG) and is set to release on Valentines day (Feb. 14), 2010. CPG only releases 4 movies per year, concentrating on filmmakers who find today’s distribution model for independent films broken and ineffective.