It’s a tough life being in the Star Wars franchise: you’re extremely rich, you’re incredibly famous, you’re beloved by millions, and you receive wildly erotic fan art of you and your co-star.
Ewan McGregor unloaded an incredible revelation in a new in-depth interview with GQ. “There’s a lot of homoerotic Obi-Wan/Hayden (Christensen) fan art that gets sent to me now and again,” he casually said.
“I don’t know how it finds me. It’s always a bit of an eye-opener. You open the envelope, you think you’re going to have to sign something, and you’re like, ‘Fucking hell!’”
Without even getting into the details of Vader and Obi-Wan’s tortured relationship, or Christensen and McGregor’s age difference, there’s a lot to unpack here. Just who would think that McGregor would enjoy receiving this in the post? I’m sure the erotic fan art takes, um, ‘duelling’ to the next level. Does McGregor shout, “Hello there,” out of shock when he first sees the erotic images?
While this was obviously the most eye-catching quote from the GQ piece, the rest of the interview doesn’t do the actor a disservice: everything is thoughtfully discussed, including his fraught relationship with director Danny Boyle, his love of Oasis, and his desire to keep playing Obi-Wan for many years to come.
Someone needs to ask Christensen if he also gets surprising erotica delivered to his door. The actors reunited as Vader and Obi-Wan in the new Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, which has been receiving mostly positive reviews.
Giving the first couple of episodes a rating of eight, IGN praised Obi-Wan’s story arc, hailing the series as “a surprisingly emotional chapter in the larger Star Wars saga.” Other reviewers interestingly compared the series to the iconic John Wick.
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