Hollywood stars don’t often have much to say that’s interesting, relevant or worth reporting, so when they do and its about gay movies. the little antenna thing on my desk starts whirring uncontrollably.

And very occasionally a movie star comes out with something that makes you think “couldn’t have put it better myself – enough said.”

So says a rather muddy looking Ewan McGregor to Out magazine about the current de-gaying of movies for mass marketing purposes (A Single Man, we’re looking at you):

There was quite a lot of talk at Sundance (in 2009) that ‘Well, (I Love You Phillip Morris) is not a gay movie. It’s a film about guys who happen to be gay.’ And I was thinking, it’s nothing but a gay movie. It’s about a gay couple, about a man’s sexuality, and he comes out. It’s not the point of the film, but let’s not pretend it’s not a gay film.”

Well said. I was going to write a post on this subject, but I think Ewan’s two fingers at the Hollywood PR machine have saved me the effort – it’s nearly enough to make you forgive Star Wars I, II and II – nearly.

Oh, and Ewan might not be gay, but he likes kissing male co-stars in his movies. As he says:

I like kissing boys on screen. As a straight guy, it’s quite an interesting proposition. Anything on a film set that takes you by surprise like that, that gets your blood up, is good.”

Hmmm, something that gets the blood pumping and takes you by surprise…