Happy Birthday, Ewan McGregor! 

Tim Burton later compared Ewan McGregor’s acting style to regular colleague Johnny Depp.

Ewan McGregor was cast as Young Ed Bloom when producers noticed the striking similarity between him and pictures of a young Albert Finney, who plays Senior Ed Bloom.

Ewan McGregor was the original choice to play Jim. After that didn’t work out, the role was offered to Ryan Gosling, but although he was interested, he could not commit due to a scheduling conflict.

Ewan McGregor was open to injecting himself with heroin, to better understand Renton’s character. He later decided against it.