Ewan McGregor won’t give up the good gossip about Angelina Jolie in the ’90s
Mia Russell
Updated on March 10, 2026
Ewan McGregor covers the newest issue of Nylon Guys. I’ve always assumed that Nylon Guys was for the youth, so it’s interesting to see a 43-year-old man with a 20-year career behind him on the cover. To be fair, Ewan is sort of ageless. If anything, I think he’s more handsome these days then he was when he was 25. The big quote out of this interview isn’t even from Ewan, it’s from his friend and Cassandra’s Dream costar Colin Farrell. Colin took a moment to compliment Ewan on his business. Which is awesome (especially because Colin knows a thing or two about size), but I was much more interested in Ewan’s memories of Angelina Jolie when she was first with Jonny Lee Miller (AJ & JLM are still my favorite couple of the ‘90s). Some highlights:
Colin Farrell on Ewan’s business: “I don’t think Ewan is as proud of his penis as most men who are as well hung would—or should—or could be. I think that’s the greatest demonstration of his innate humility, that he doesn’t wear it like a badge of honor.”
Fatherhood: “I’ve been a dad for 18 years. Your work reflects your life, and the biggest element of my life is that I’m a dad. That’s the most important thing of all. And yet it’s been relatively unexplored.”
Tattoos: “Clara, my eldest, started talking about tattoos. I said, ‘Dude, I got my tattoo when I was 30 years old. You’re 17? 18? I can assure you that what you think you want on your arm now isn’t what you’re going to want on your arm when you’re my age. Don’t do it.'”
Whether his daughters ride motorcycles with him: “No, my wife would absolutely kill me.”
His ‘90s crowd: “Jonny and Angelina were shooting Hackers, Jude [Law] had done Shopping. I’d done Shallow Grave. We were all kicking off. It was happening. We were having a right laugh. It’s the ’90s in London. It was quite fun…That’s all you’re getting.”
The Cannes premiere of Trainspotting: “We were so very full of ourselves. I was arriving at the red carpet after the screening, and I was just feeling like, ‘Has there ever been a bigger movie star?’ And I walked up to the hundreds of thousands of photographers, and I took my arrogant stance. And then every single lens in the whole f–king area went whoosh. I turned around and Mick Jagger was getting out of a car. And I realized I had to get over myself.”
His Woody Allen Moment: “And suddenly there was a lull in the conversation. I looked over and there was a wee old lady standing next to what looked like a p0rn star—this girl with peroxided hair, massive t-ts, mini skirt, big plastic shoes. They were both stopped. They didn’t know if they should walk all over the equipment. I hear Woody saying, No,bring your daughter through. Bring your daughter through. We both had a little ogle at the girl as she went by. It clearly wasn’t the old lady’s daughter. Anyway, Woody turned to me and rubbed his hands together and went, Well, life could be worse.”
Why won’t anyone talk about the wild ‘90s and the fun and craziness they had back then? I mean, Angelina and JLM got married in Vegas when they were both drunk and/or high. That was back when Angelina was playing with knives on the reg too, and when she left Jonny for Jenny Shimizu. And I know Angelina went to live with Jonny briefly in London, and I’ve always suspected that was around the time Jonny was living with Jude Law and Ewan. Why won’t they tell us what went down?!
Photos courtesy of Nylon Guys, Getty.
