Question 1

True or false: McGregor once won a BAFTA for his role in the musical film 'Moulin Rouge!'.

Accepted Answer

True. He won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2002 for his performance as Christian in 'Moulin Rouge!'.

Question 2

True or false: McGregor once drove a motorcycle from London to New York City via a ferry.

Accepted Answer

True. He and a friend rode from London to New York, crossing the Atlantic by ship, documented in the series 'Long Way Round'.

Question 3

True or false: He played both a Jedi and a villain in separate Star Wars trilogies.

Accepted Answer

False. He only played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels and the Disney+ series; he never played a villain in Star Wars.

Question 4

True or false: Ewan McGregor is a licensed pilot and flies his own vintage planes.

Accepted Answer

True. He earned his pilot's license in 2006 and owns a 1942 De Havilland Tiger Moth, flying it for fun and charity.

Question 5

True or false: He turned down the role of James Bond because he didn't want to be typecast.

Accepted Answer

False. McGregor was never officially offered the role; he only joked about it in interviews, but Daniel Craig got the part.

Question 6

True or false: He performed all his own stunts in the film 'Trainspotting' without a stunt double.

Accepted Answer

False. While he did many stunts, a double was used for the most dangerous scenes, like the 'worst toilet in Scotland' dive.

Question 7

True or false: He was the first actor to play a live-action version of Jesus Christ in a major film.

Accepted Answer

False. Many actors played Jesus before him, including Willem Dafoe and Jim Caviezel; McGregor has never played Jesus.

Question 8

True or false: Ewan McGregor's uncle is the actor Denis Lawson from the original Star Wars films.

Accepted Answer

True. Denis Lawson played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy, and McGregor credits him as an early inspiration.

Ewan McGregor Trivia Questions