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Ewan McGregor was at TIFF last week, but I never got around to using any of those photos. Mostly because he was promoting a film with Naomi Watts, who I enjoy a great deal, but who is often the photographic equivalent of a piece of toast. So, I was due to write about Ewan, and here is a perfect excuse. Ewan was photographed over the weekend in England for the Goodwood Revival 2012. Apparently, the Goodwood Revival is basically a really fancy vintage car and motorcycle show. My town hosts vintage car shows too, and I always enjoy seeing some of those beautiful old Cadillacs and Mustangs and Roadsters around town once a year. Ewan was showing off a vintage Manx Norton bike, which looks very pretty. Here’s more:
His love of motorbikes is well known but Ewan McGregor turned into a real life action hero earlier Saturday. The actor took to the race track on a vintage motorcycle at the Goodwood Revival 2012, in Chichester, West Sussex. The 41-year-old put his foot down as he very stylishly raced around on his vintage Manx Norton motorcycle.
Ewan certainly looked the part in his leathers which he models for British designers Belstaff. The Trainspotting star was in good spirits as he found himself in big demand from the other attendees at the festival.
Ewan was happy to pose with fans before jumping on his vintage bicycle and zipping off around the track in some considerably good style. The Scottish actor wasn’t content with just one motor, however, and jumped on to another bike after he was done with his first one. It wasn’t just his bikes that he changed as Ewan switched between a traditional biker jacket and waterproof waxed coat.
The Goodwood Revival is a three-day annual festival celebrating the vintage cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit’s glory years between 1948 to the end of the 60s. Visitors dress in period clothing and all vehicles made after 1966 are banned from the festival area, near Chichester in West Sussex.
The first Goodwood Revival weekend was held in 1998 when 68,000 people attended and this year it is expected to be bigger than ever. Ewan is one of many famous names drawn to the event due to his passion for motorbikes.
He told MailOnline, previously: ‘I have some quite old ones – one was made in 1929 – but they all work, and I like to ride them regardless of how old they are. The 1929 bike is actually a rare antique called a Rex Acme. They were only made for ten years, so there aren’t many of them. I keep it up in Scotland, and whenever I go up there, I take it out and go out for a ride with my Dad. He rides his old bike and I ride mine. It’s nice.’
Ewan has always been a motorcycle enthusiast, and I’m sure the other vintage car and bike fans were super-excited to see him at the festival. It sounds like a really cool event! And did I mention that Ewan looks really hot? He looks really hot. I would hit it. On the bike. It would be like an Aerosmith video. I would hit it with a wind machine.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
Written by Kaiser
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Yes, yes and three times YES. He was adorable in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
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Oh Ewan you’re an absolute beaut. I would, several times.
Amelia, I’ve been debating if I should watch that film. Is it worth giving up a few hours of the precious weekend?
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I thought it was boring. “Beginners” was fantastic, if you haven’t seen Ewan in that yet.
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It’s a sweet film, good for rainy duvet days. Very much a fell good film that isn’t complete fluff, I could see why some people could find it boring. Ewan and Emily make for entertaining watching and Kristen Scott Thomas is hilarious at times.
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I like Ewan (A LOT) and I like Emily so in theory I should like it. I’ll make a point to give it go in the next few weeks.
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“Salmon Fishing” is very sweet. I saw it when it came out and really enjoyed it. He is hotter than f&#$ in it too.
It was also nice to hear him speak in his lovely Scottish accent (vs Beginners, which was also very sweet, but he’s got an American accent).
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Yeh, I’d let him park his bike in my garage, so to speak…
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Oh, Mum. You funny girl.
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Oh my goodness yes. I even watch The Island every so often just because he’s in it..oh alright because Sean Bean is also in it.
I even like his voice. Sigh.
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LOL, I OWN the DVD of that movie for that reason!!! and that movie is utter crap so you know why….
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I’m glad I’m not the only one to have bought that DVD
for the same reason.
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WHERE is Sean Bean lately?? He needs to get involved in something so that we can get more photos / news. I just adore him.
+ more Ewan.
For serious.
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He looks great here but my ship for him has sailed..
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Yeah me too!
Melanie Laurent has totally ruined him for me, as attractive as he is I now see him like just a massive tool!
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Exactly!
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“Hit it” doesn’t even begin to describe what I’d like to do with him…
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I second you, Mia.
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I third you Mia. He is piping hot, and seems to get better with age. I have had a soft spot for him for many years..*sigh*
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Yes, of nostalgy if not desire:)
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Yes, yes and yes! My glasses are steamed up.
It would be like an Aerosmith video. I would hit it with a wind machine.
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Incredibly hot. I’d hit it in the dirt.
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LOL!! +1000!!
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Of course, he is my future husband.
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anyone here ‘old’ enough to remember Hot Guy Fridays?????
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I do, with great longing and nostalgia.
I think they were probably a huge PITA for the Celebitchy crew, but they were great while they lasted!
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Really miss those. I was still reading rather than posting *way* back then. Ah. Good times ^^
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Search for the ‘Dongspotting’ edition. Good times.
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Awww man. There aren’t many things I wouldn’t do to get HGF back.
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I don’t find Ewan hot, but he is one of the best actors of his generation.
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I love Ewan the most in Moulin Rouge. If he had dyed black hair all the time (a la Justin Theroux) I could get behind his hotness 100% of the time.
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Yes, many times over.
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Oh yeah!
Check out Long Way Round – his travel documentary of his trip from London to NYC (by way of Russia) on motorcycles. I have a bike that’s similar to the one he rode on the trip.
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OMG Loved it! Long way down was good, but not quite as fun.
Did you know that he and his wife adopted that little girl in Mongolia that he was playing with. I loved how much he obviously loves his family.
See the national geographic polar bears one too. He’s ridiculously cute and fun.
I love him, I get to go see a presentation of Tranispotting tonight with Irvine Welsh presenting! While not at his hottest for sure, the first one I noticed him.
When I say I love him, I mean I LOVE him. He is 1-5 on my freebie 5.
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B, that’s a pretty cool documentary. At the end of it I was searching for the Russian song performed by the good-looking artist at a bar in Magadan
I found it, saved it. Just haven’t got down to learning it. Need a Russian tutor for getting the words right.
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Yes. Like a screen door slamming in a hurricane.
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+1
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Any day! Ewan is gorgeous.
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he reminds me of Josh Jackson here, hot either way, just getting better with age, terrific actor.
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Exactly what I thought! Especially in the second to last photo. I would also bone the hell out of Josh Jackson.
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Good call.
And yesyesyesyesyesyesyes circling the earth.
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Yes.
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Repeatedly, even with that hair. And I’m probably 15 years older.
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I would hit it dating back all the way to Shallow Grave, all the way through the present day. He just gets hotter and hotter. Scotland’s finest export. Dayum.
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Shallow Grave!!! +20
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Saw that movie for the first time a few months ago so +1000. Also from that movie I finally got the Eccleston love. Many of my friends love him as the first(?) Dr. Who.
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My 70ish neighbor has a big crush on Ewan…she’s constantly talking about him. I know he’d need Viagra to keep up with her.
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Oh wow. He has never looked this good. I totally would, and I haven’t been that into him.
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From the front, back and sideways. He is so freaking sexy.
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yes, he looks hot.
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One of my old teachers is friends with Charley Boorman who went on a motorcycle tour with Ewan to make that series Long Way Round. He said he’s very gentlemanly and always opens doors for women. hnnnnnnng I want him.
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Oh, GOD, yes.
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Oh YES! Ewan has been one of my favorites since I first saw him in “The Pillow Book” all naked and delicious
. He is so hot!
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Love this guy! He is amazing actor and singer, he is completely different from Hollywood’s wannabes, damn, I just love him!
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He is so sexy in Long Way Round…yum.
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Long way round and long way down were great! Made me love him more!
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When I saw Trainspotting in the theater when it first opened, I kinda made a deal with the universe: give me half a chance and I will hit that like hittin’ is going out of style. And I would keep that promise even as he starts to age in his films, but these pics have totally renewed my commitment.
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