Ewan McGregor didnít have to balance his Starbuckís half-foam half-skim
mocha latte in one hand and his copy of The Da Vinci Code in the other while shoving his kids into his Honda Odyssey to make it into
ìStars–Theyíre Just Like USî. All he had to do was admit that
Star Wars fans scare the bejesus out of him.
McGregorís thoughts on the basement-dwelling fanboys were as follows:
"There's this huge following, which is weird. They have big meets and
conventions, and I find it all a bit frightening. Once this guy met me at a stage door when I was doing a play in London. The guy yelled, 'Obi-Wan. Do you have any advice for a trainee Jedi?' I just said, 'No, don't be so ridiculous.'î If McGregor thinks that constantly being asked to whip out his light saber is creepy, then he better prepare himself for the reaction heíll get from his upcoming project Gnomeo and Juliet. Ewan will voice the character Gnomeo to Kate Winsletís Juliet in the story of indoor gnome-outdoor gnome love (and, no, we absolutely did not make this up). Once McGregor gets a taste of those psychotic garden gnome fans, heíll be begging to appear next to Mark Hamill at every Star Wars convention.
