Never one to baulk at unnecessary tackle-waving (witness The Pillow
Book), Ewan jumped headlong and naked onto our screens for TV's Scarlet
And Black - and never looked back. He gained cult status playing morally
ambiguous heroes in Britflicks Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and A
Life Less Ordinary, courtesy of duo Boyle and Hodge, but their unholy
triumvirate ended acrimoniously when Leonardo DiCaprio snatched The
Beach from Ewan's grasp. Why he cared about losing the saccharine role
to the saccharine actor remains unrecorded, but he swiftly bounced
back in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, co-producing James Joyce biopic
Nora in his spare time. Well-endowed, in every respect.
