Is That A Sword In Your Pocket?

Admit it, you've often wondered how actors keep their cool, and their natural responses in check whilst filming erotic scenes. Short of strapping one's appendage into submission - surely some things must pop up in the course of on-screen sex scenes? Step forward Mr Ewan McGregor, who this week admits with total candour that he was once ready for action in more ways than one whilst filming a TV movie. 'I was aroused once when I did a love scene in the BBC film, Scarlet and Black,' McGregor explains, in an interview with The Scotsman. 'It was with Alice Krige.' 'There was a scene in which I had to lie on top of her and they were pulling back the sheet. They wanted to see my naked bum and her naked thigh, so we could not wear any underwear. Because of gravity and things, I got an erection - which was very embarrassing.'