Ewan McGregor recalls Christian Bale sex scene faux pas

Ewan McGregor has opened up about the time a film crew 'left him' to continue a sex scene with Christian Bale.

The Trainspotting actor recalled getting a little carried away while shooting an intimate moment with Bale for 1998 music drama Velvet Goldmine, in which he played the Batman star's lover.

"I did have a sex scene with Christian Bale, which I did to the best of my ability," he said on last night's edition of The Graham Norton Show. "I was playing an Iggy Pop-type rock star and we have a s**g on top of a rooftop but they wanted to shoot it from another rooftop.

"We heard, 'Action!' so we started to slowly [simulate sex]. Then it went on and on. Then I thought, I would have [finished] by now so I went round to his ear and went, 'I think I would have [finished] by now. I'm going to have a look'. I looked over and they were packing up the cameras!

"They must have said 'cut' really quietly. I think they thought it was a sensitive thing, they should just leave it to us. There's nothing wrong with [screaming], 'Cut!'"

McGregor recently vowed to continue filming nude scenes in future projects.

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