10 Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Actor who stripped down: Ewan McGregor
Why they’re fully nude: Why not?
Some actors have it in their contracts that they’ll never appear nude on screen. Ewan McGregor is not one of those actors.
From Trainspotting to The Pillow Book to Young Adam, McGregor’s phallus is almost as recognizable as his mug. And he puts it to good use in this Todd Haynes-directed film about the not-so-glorious glam rock days of the 1970s, where McGregor channels his inner Ziggy Stardust and lets it all hang out (yet again).
“I remember getting a kind of rush out of [going full frontal] that first time,” McGregor told OUT of his penchant for exhibitionism. “A slight feeling of power about it, you know?” For McGregor, nudity is just another tool in his actor’s arsenal; in the same way that another actor might cock his head (no pun intended) or arch an eyebrow, McGregor makes himself relatable by stripping away any trappings of his celebrity status.
