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Article: Obi-Wan for the road; Ewan McGregor reveals how the pressures of promoting new Star Wars films drove him to drink.
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- August 21, 2003
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Byline: KEVIN HURLEY
WHEN he landed the part of a young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the new Star Wars films, Ewan McGregor thought all his boyhood dreams had come true.
But yesterday the Scots actor admitted he hadn' t been prepared for the role's dark side - and revealed how the pressures of instant superstardom drove him to drink.
McGregor, 32, first shot to fame as drug addict Renton in 1996's low-budget adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting.
However, after accepting the role of Jedi knight Obi-Wan in 1999's Star Wars I - The Phantom Menace, he suddenly found himself in the full glare of Hollywood's spotlight.
With a rising tide ...