Yes, it's true. While filming a rooftop sex scene with Christian Bale for 1998's "Velvet Goldmine," darling Ewan was so into it that he continued the schtupping even after the cameras stopped rolling. How he recounts it is so hot, we're angry at director Todd Haynes for yelling "cut" way too soon.
On a recent episode of the Graham Norton Show, Ewan fondly remembers the man on man sex scene:
"I did have a sex scene with Christian Bale, which I did to the best of my ability. C'mon, it was great! I was playing an Iggy Pop-type rock star and we have a shag on top of a rooftop in Kings Cross but they wanted to shoot it from another rooftop. We heard, ‘Action!' so we started to slowly [go at it]. Then it went on and on-we were really going at it…with a reach-around. [Laughs]. Then I thought, I would have cum by now so I went round to Christian's ear and went, ‘I think I would have cum by now. I'm going to have a look.' I looked over and they were packing up the cameras! I think they thought it was a sensitive thing, they should just leave it to us."
Oh, man, if only we had surviving footage of the reach-around. Or the audio of Ewan purring those words into Christian's ear. The mere thought has us finishing off too soon, too.
Now, yes, we know the photo above is actually of Ewan in bed with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, but the photo below is a glimpse at the rooftop scene. We're as breathless as the two of them look, and we're going to stream the film on our Netflix now. Oh, wait...with their recent price hike, we'll just wait until the DVD comes in the mail.
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