Solely because I love Ewan.
I love armor! Ewan in armor is even better!
This is from his upcoming movie, Jack The Giant Killer, though, not for Mother's Day.
Showing posts with label Celebrities - Ewan McGregor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrities - Ewan McGregor. Show all posts
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, EWAN MCGREGOR!
I hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Love,
One of your biggest fans!
Trainspotting: 15 Years Later.
Trainspotting: 15 Years Later.
Fifteen years since its release, Trainspotting is without a doubt firmly positioned at the forefront of most audience’s minds when they think of British cinema. So iconic is the film that it even edges out golden oldies such as The Bridge On The River Kwai in the BFI’s top ten selection of the favorite British films of the 20th century.
Telling the story of a group of junkies in Edinburgh, it arrived amid Cool Britannia, when Britpop ruled the airwaves, and introduced an incredible ensemble cast whose careers were ultimately transformed overnight: Robert Carlyle, Ewan Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald and, in the lead role, Ewan McGregor.
“At twenty-four, I was in a brilliant youthful, ruling-the-world kind of mood,” explains McGregor, who played the film’s lovable but disreputable skag-obsessed Renton. “I thought everything I was involved in was going to be some huge hit back then, but truthfully, I don’t think that anyone could have predicted just how successful Trainspotting would be today. I mean, it’s still the main thing people ask me about when they come up to me in the street. I really get a sense that it’s possibly the biggest film I’ve done, or definitely the most successful in terms of being in the human consciousness.”
Yet, despite the film’s infectiously entertaining and quick-witted humour Trainspotting has not always been on the receiving end of positive press. In fact for many years after its release, it was routinely condemned, forever at the centre of debates for its apparent attractive and sexy allure of glorifying drug use. “I’ve never believed that,” an authoritative McGregor proclaims. “The story is right there in front of your eyes to see and there’s a great deal of grief and terrible shit going on in it. I mean, yes, the film had a flavour about it, but that’s because it’s very engaging. In the book, you didn’t want to put it down because you wanted to be in amongst these people - when in actual fact if you met these people it’d be a nightmare - and I think that’s kind of what we achieved with the film.”
“There’s something very vibrant about it and something charming about these characters. Yeah, there’s moments in the early scenes when they’re taking drugs and they look like they’re having the time of their lives, but that’s because it is the time of their lives. In a way it’s because they haven’t really got anything else, that’s why people take drugs and why people become addicted to them. It’s an escape, and it’s an escape in their case because of poverty and hopelessness. So to not show that side of it, that moment of high they we’re trying to reach, that wouldn’t be the whole story. Maybe people just don’t like the mix of that stylised look and the subject matter, but I think ultimately it doesn’t matter. The film’s not saying ‘taking heroin is great’, and there’s just no question really; we’re not showing a happy way of life.”
Since the release of Welsh’s 2002 follow-up novel Porno - set ten years after Trainspotting, with the pornography business providing the central focus of the story - news of a possible movie sequel has been rife; with the latest mumblings coming from Danny Boyle himself, when in December he said simply that “it will happen”.
“You know, through all the years of talking about Porno, I’ve never actually been given a script,” confesses McGregor, who has regularly been suggested to disapprove of a sequel. “I don’t like being the guy that’s making it not happen, especially when all the other guys want to make it. But I wouldn’t want to do a sequel to Trainspotting if it was just for the sake of it, and if I’m honest about it, I wasn’t that blown away by the book. I mean, I love Irvine Welsh’s stuff and I think he’s a brilliant writer - Trainspotting blew me away - but I felt Porno was kinda going over old ground a little bit from the Trainspotting novel. It felt a little bit like Welsh had written a good sequel to the movie, but not a good sequel to his novel. There’s too many poor sequels in the world, and it would be terrible to damage Trainspotting’s reputation by making people remember a slightly poorer, clumsy follow-on.”
“It’s not something that I would completely dismiss off-hand until I’ve seen a script,” he admits. “I mean, it could be excellent, but even then cinema’s moved along so much because of Trainspotting, because of Danny’s brilliance. Some of the shots and the energy in that movie, audiences have become so much more used to that vibe now, whereas then it was new, it was different. So on top of the script, we’d need to feel that sense of originality again, and how would that be created? How would they do that? I don’t know myself but it’d be interesting to see what they could come up with for sure. So I guess the answer is, we’ll have to wait and see.”
Read Clash’s full interview with Ewan McGregor in the latest issue of Clash Magazine out now. Subscribe to Clash magazine here.
Telling the story of a group of junkies in Edinburgh, it arrived amid Cool Britannia, when Britpop ruled the airwaves, and introduced an incredible ensemble cast whose careers were ultimately transformed overnight: Robert Carlyle, Ewan Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald and, in the lead role, Ewan McGregor.
“At twenty-four, I was in a brilliant youthful, ruling-the-world kind of mood,” explains McGregor, who played the film’s lovable but disreputable skag-obsessed Renton. “I thought everything I was involved in was going to be some huge hit back then, but truthfully, I don’t think that anyone could have predicted just how successful Trainspotting would be today. I mean, it’s still the main thing people ask me about when they come up to me in the street. I really get a sense that it’s possibly the biggest film I’ve done, or definitely the most successful in terms of being in the human consciousness.”
Yet, despite the film’s infectiously entertaining and quick-witted humour Trainspotting has not always been on the receiving end of positive press. In fact for many years after its release, it was routinely condemned, forever at the centre of debates for its apparent attractive and sexy allure of glorifying drug use. “I’ve never believed that,” an authoritative McGregor proclaims. “The story is right there in front of your eyes to see and there’s a great deal of grief and terrible shit going on in it. I mean, yes, the film had a flavour about it, but that’s because it’s very engaging. In the book, you didn’t want to put it down because you wanted to be in amongst these people - when in actual fact if you met these people it’d be a nightmare - and I think that’s kind of what we achieved with the film.”
“There’s something very vibrant about it and something charming about these characters. Yeah, there’s moments in the early scenes when they’re taking drugs and they look like they’re having the time of their lives, but that’s because it is the time of their lives. In a way it’s because they haven’t really got anything else, that’s why people take drugs and why people become addicted to them. It’s an escape, and it’s an escape in their case because of poverty and hopelessness. So to not show that side of it, that moment of high they we’re trying to reach, that wouldn’t be the whole story. Maybe people just don’t like the mix of that stylised look and the subject matter, but I think ultimately it doesn’t matter. The film’s not saying ‘taking heroin is great’, and there’s just no question really; we’re not showing a happy way of life.”
Since the release of Welsh’s 2002 follow-up novel Porno - set ten years after Trainspotting, with the pornography business providing the central focus of the story - news of a possible movie sequel has been rife; with the latest mumblings coming from Danny Boyle himself, when in December he said simply that “it will happen”.
“You know, through all the years of talking about Porno, I’ve never actually been given a script,” confesses McGregor, who has regularly been suggested to disapprove of a sequel. “I don’t like being the guy that’s making it not happen, especially when all the other guys want to make it. But I wouldn’t want to do a sequel to Trainspotting if it was just for the sake of it, and if I’m honest about it, I wasn’t that blown away by the book. I mean, I love Irvine Welsh’s stuff and I think he’s a brilliant writer - Trainspotting blew me away - but I felt Porno was kinda going over old ground a little bit from the Trainspotting novel. It felt a little bit like Welsh had written a good sequel to the movie, but not a good sequel to his novel. There’s too many poor sequels in the world, and it would be terrible to damage Trainspotting’s reputation by making people remember a slightly poorer, clumsy follow-on.”
“It’s not something that I would completely dismiss off-hand until I’ve seen a script,” he admits. “I mean, it could be excellent, but even then cinema’s moved along so much because of Trainspotting, because of Danny’s brilliance. Some of the shots and the energy in that movie, audiences have become so much more used to that vibe now, whereas then it was new, it was different. So on top of the script, we’d need to feel that sense of originality again, and how would that be created? How would they do that? I don’t know myself but it’d be interesting to see what they could come up with for sure. So I guess the answer is, we’ll have to wait and see.”
Read Clash’s full interview with Ewan McGregor in the latest issue of Clash Magazine out now. Subscribe to Clash magazine here.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Anime Image of the Day 8.
Behind again because we had an electrician come the last two days and the power was out a lot and then I got tired.
For Wednesday, I also want to say Happy Birthday, Ewan (McGregor). ^_^
I will try to find a hot guy picture.
I decided on Kazehaya since I finished watching Kimi ni Todoke last night. I love this picture. I have a thing for black and white, too, but I am picky. I love other art, besides anime and manga art, in black and white a lot more, as well as photography. Ah. Kazehaya. What a charming boy you are and you are so lucky to have noticed Sawako first. She is possibly one of the most beautiful characters, ever and in more way than one.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I Love You Phillip Morris U.S. trailer
Heres an advance look at the brand new Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor comedy. The INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY of Stephen Russell, con man, law enforcement officer, financial wiz, escape artist and tomato fraudster!
IN THEATERS THIS SPRING!!!
Yayyyyyyyyyyyy! Ewan! <3
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
EWAN NEWS! I Love You Phillip Morris Trailer.
As you should know, or might not know, I am highly obsessed with Ewan McGregor! I love him. =D This is the trailer to his new movie with Jim Carrey and omg, it looks so funny, hahahahahha. I have been waiting for this trailer for a while now and I can't wait to see it. In the movies! Wah. Now. =x I can't really say how long this particular trailer will be up since they keep getting taken down from YouTube, but enjoy while you can!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Ewan McGregor - Lipstick On Your Collar Haha. =x
I was just watching Ewan videos and this made me laugh sooooooooo much. Ewan is only about 22-23 here and this is his first acting role, apparently 6 months out of acting school, so hot. =o And omg.. well, yes, so hot. I love Ewan.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Ewan. UNICEF and Ethiopia.
Over 4 million people in Ethiopia are in immediate need of humanitarian aid. Hundreds of thousands of children in drought-affected areas are starving and require immediate therapeutic care in order to survive.
Since 2004, UNICEF has been providing supplementary feeding and vaccinations for children under-five. This has already saved many lives, but these activities are now under threat due to a lack of funds. UNICEF is appealing for £25 million to increase its response to the current crisis and prevent children's deaths from severe malnutrition.
To donate to the appeal please visit www.unicef.org.uk/ewan.
Go to YouTube (link below) to watch Ewan's appeal.
Source: YouTube
Source - http://ewan.pitas.com/
Apparently I can't type today. =(
Since 2004, UNICEF has been providing supplementary feeding and vaccinations for children under-five. This has already saved many lives, but these activities are now under threat due to a lack of funds. UNICEF is appealing for £25 million to increase its response to the current crisis and prevent children's deaths from severe malnutrition.
To donate to the appeal please visit www.unicef.org.uk/ewan.
Go to YouTube (link below) to watch Ewan's appeal.
Source: YouTube
Source - http://ewan.pitas.com/
Apparently I can't type today. =(
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