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10 unusual facts about Ewan McGregor


First Earth Battalion

A movie based on the book—released in Autumn 2009—starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, fictionalized the First Earth Battalion as the New Earth Army.

GO Campaign

Hosted annually by Ewan McGregor and sponsored by Beachbody and other corporate sponsors, the event brings together celebrities, project partners from the field, social activists, supporters and top rate entertainment.

Harry Borden

His subjects have included celebrities ranging from Robin Williams and Ewan McGregor though Jamie Oliver to Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher.

John Sauven

Sauven has collaborated on several award winning films with film director Julian Temple and film producer Eski Thomas, commissioning The Ancient Forests to which Sir David Attenborough, Ewan McGregor and Andy Serkis lent their talents.

Legend of the Motorcycle

On average, 6,000 visitors attend the event, including motorcycle luminaries such as Peter Fonda, the son of Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Ewan McGregor, and the famed stuntman and racer, Bud Ekins.

Long-distance motorcycle riding

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, whose long-distance riding has been featured in the books and TV series Long Way Round and Long Way Down.

M56 Kolyma Highway

Subsequent traverses by motorcycle include Simon Milward in 2001 and also Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's round-the-world motorcycle journey in 2004, made into a television series, book and DVD, all named Long Way Round.

Mililani High School

Most noted for starring alongside Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard, Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III, Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman in Deception (2008 film), Paul Bettany in Priest (2011 film) and television role of Nikita, on the CW network TV series Nikita alongside Shane West.

Paul Teutul, Sr.

He has been featured in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar", and also in the television programs Long Way Round starring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman and on King of The Hill in Season 10, Episode 10 titled Hank Fixes Everything.

The Young Romans

Their second single "Where You Go" was featured as the end credits song in the Ewan McGregor / Emily Blunt film, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, yet again putting the band on the world stage.


Ashley Madekwe

Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the 2007 Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream, opposite Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor.

Ed Blum

Ed Blum is the director and producer of Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006), a low budget British movie starring Ewan McGregor and Sophie Okonedo, filmed entirely on Hampstead Heath.

FQ Magazine

Famous fathers including José Mourinho, Ewan McGregor, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Frank Lampard and Jamie Oliver are amongst some of the fathers interviewed by the magazine.

Jeff Gulvin

In 2007 Jeff ghosted Long Way Down, the account of a motorcycle trip from John O Groats to Cape Town, by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, which subsequently won Best Non Fiction Book of the Year at the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards.

Justin McDonald

McDonald's first major film saw him appearing alongside Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the Beatrix Potter biopic Miss Potter as the young William Heelis, who encouraged the young Beatrix Potter to write and illustrate her stories.

Port Erin

The 2006 film Stormbreaker (starring Ewan McGregor) was filmed on Port Erin beach; the town has also been used by various production companies including the BBC whose serialised drama The Ginger Tree was filmed at the railway station in 1989, and the cinematic adaptation of Five Children & It.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked.

Simon Pavey

He gained recognition when he first trained Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman in off-road motorcycle riding for the TV series Long Way Round and then trained Boorman again to race off-road and compete in the Dakar Rally in 2006 for the TV series Race to Dakar.

SKY magazine

Famous, often nude or scantily clad, cover stars included Madonna (most frequently featured), Louise Nurding, Anna Friel, Kylie Minogue, Mark Wahlberg, Brad Pitt, Nick Kamen and Ewan McGregor.

Strathdon

Notable figures who have visited Strathdon include Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Ewan McGregor and Queen Elizabeth II.

The Shore

The song "Coming Down" was featured on the Long Way Round soundtrack, a documentary detailing the journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York on motorcycles.

UNICEF UK

Current UNICEF UK Ambassadors and high profile supporters include David Beckham, Martin Bell OBE, Orlando Bloom, Charley Boorman, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ralph Fiennes, Ryan Giggs, Ewan McGregor, Jemima Khan, Sir Roger Moore, James Nesbitt, Vanessa Redgrave and Robbie Williams.

You're Just in Love

Ewan McGregor/Jane Horrocks also covered the song in a 2007 released album of further Little Voice songs.