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" We&amp;#039;ve had a soft spot for Ewan McGregor, the sandy-haired Scot with a smile that could power Edinburgh Airport, ever since he played a smack addict in 1996&amp;#039;s Trainspotting. A master of the quirky-smart indie with a pleasing tendency to drop trou on film, he makes us swoon whether he&amp;#039;s aping Lou Reed in Velvet Goldmine or crooning &amp;quot;Your Song&amp;quot; in Moulin Rouge! (Just YouTube it and see if you don&amp;#039;t sigh.) But when he opts for big-budget schlock \u2014 like the turgid Star Wars prequels \u2014 we feel spurned. Why the schizophrenic oeuvre?  &amp;quot;You know, darling, I&amp;#039;m not trying to create a career,&amp;quot; McGregor tells us in his boyish brogue. &amp;quot;I pick stories I like, ones that touch me.&amp;quot; Which explains the motorcycle enthusiast&amp;#039;s man-fantasy road-trip docs on the BBC. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places,&amp;quot; he says.  But now the London-based actor \u2014 a married, devoted father of three \u2014 is rolling out four new flicks, which suggests a certain \u2026 career consciousness. In this month&amp;#039;s Angels &amp;amp;amp; Demons, the sequel to The DaVinci Code, he plays a pope so good-looking, he could get a lapsed Catholic back on her knees. &amp;quot;The script was a page-turner, a real thriller,&amp;quot; he says. Then there&amp;#039;s I Love You Phillip Morris, a gay rom-com for which he &amp;quot;made out several times a day&amp;quot; with Jim Carrey; Amelia, an Earhart biopic; and Men Who Stare at Goats, costarring A-list ambassador George Clooney. So is McGregor finally gunning for superstardom? &amp;quot;It isn&amp;#039;t a strategy,&amp;quot; he insists. &amp;quot;I just felt it was time to make my mark.&amp;quot; Consider our seat belts fastened. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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