Ok, I apologize for the all caps on the below story, but I didn't feel like retyping this. But I thought you would find it humorous. I hadn't heard it, so this was new to me. Though... who knows perhaps it's been said before. Nonetheless, I'm sure some of you will laugh your ass off over this one...
THIS STUFF IS NOW FAIRLY OLD NEWS AND YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD IT...
I WAS TOLD THIS BY A SCOTTISH STAND UP COMEDIAN WHO IS A FRIEND OF ROBERT CARLYLE'S (FULL MONTY, TRAINSPOTTING). THIS GUY WAS ON THE PHONE TO ROBERT CARLYLE WHO TOLD HIM SOMETHING ABOUT THE FILMING OF STAR WARS EPISODE ONE THAT EWAN MCGREGOR (TRAINSPOTTING, ETC.)TOLD HIM. EWAN WAS IN TUNISIA FILMING SCENES WITH LIAM NEESON WHICH INVOLVED A LIGHTSABRE DUEL AND LIAM IS HAVING REAL PROBLEMS KEEPING HIS CONCENTRATION.
EVERYTIME 'ACTION' IS CALLED, A FEW SECONDS INTO FILMING LIAM KEEPS LAUGHING OUT LOUD AT EWAN. THIS GOES ON FOR A WHILE UNTIL EVENTUALLY LIAM TURNS TO GEORGE LUCAS AND SAYS 'I'M SORRY, I CAN'T GO ON UNTIL EWAN STOPS DOING WHAT HE'S DOING'. IT TURNS OUT THAT EVERYTIME 'ACTION' IS CALLED, WITHOUT REALISING THAT HE'S DOING IT, AND BECAUSE LIKE ANY TWENTYSOMETHING WHO WAS BROUGHT UP ON THE STAR WARS TRILOGY AND IS ECSTATIC ABOUT BEING IN ONE OF THE PREQUELS, EWAN IS MAKING THE HUMMING NOISE OF THE LIGHTSABRE WITH HIS MOUTH AS HE'S GOING THROUGH THE FIGHT MOVES.
WHEN THE GUY TOLD THIS STORY TO MY BAR PACKED WITH PEOPLE A YEAR AGO THE EVERYONE DIED LAUGHING!!!
IF YOU PRINT THIS PLEASE CALL ME MACKLIN MAN...
