Ewan McGregor is not gay but he likes kissing men on screen.

The actor stars in the upcoming comedy drama I Love You Phillip Morris, based on the real life story of con artist Steven Jay Russell. While in prison, Russell, who is played by Jim Carrey, fell in love with his cellmate Phillip Morris, played by McGregor and, after Morris was released, a lovesick Russell broke out of prison four times to be with him.

According to Starpulse, McGregor said of the experience, “I like kissing boys on screen. As a straight guy, it’s quite an interesting proposition. Anything on a film set that takes you by surprise like that, that gets your blood up, is good.”

Not everyone is so comfortable with the content of the film, however. Last year it was reported in the Times Online that the I Love You Phillip Morris was having difficulty finding a U.S. distributor — most likely due to very “graphic” homosexual activity — and was likely to go straight to DVD. But the film was later re-edited and Variety reported that Consolidated Pictures Group had picked it up for distribution.

The release date was later pushed back from February to March 2010, a move for which McGregor blames Disney. We found through NBC’s PopcornBiz blog that he told Out Magazine, “There was talk that Disney fended off the release until after A Christmas Carol came out. They didn’t want kids thinking [Carrey's character] Ebenezer Scrooge was [gay].”

The original released date for Morris was Valentine’s Day, however, and A Christmas Carol obviously came out before Christmas. So, McGregor’s accusations don’t make a lot of sense.

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