06.01.2005 8:43 PM EDT
Movie File: Ewan McGregor, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Gabrielle Union & More
McGregor in talks to play four roles — in one movie.
Ewan McGregor (file)
Now that he has safely delivered baby Luke Skywalker to Tatooine, Ewan McGregor is ready to sheathe his lightsaber and move back to his home planet once again. The "Star Wars" hero is in negotiations to headline an untitled comedy that will
have him taking on a Jango Fett-like four different roles. In the movie, a 1930s film studio is trying to shoot a flick about the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which had Scottish forces rising up to overthrow their English oppressors. McGregor will play the movie's star, his stand-in, and both of the 18th-century characters that they portray. In the movie-within-a-movie, McGregor's star goes missing, and his stand-in is tricked into taking on the lead role. Let's just hope that McGregor doesn't really go missing, as attempting to understand such a scenario might result in even bigger headaches than figuring out the plot of this film, which will be written and directed by Peter Capaldi. ...
"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."
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