Ewan McGregor & Hayley Atwell Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

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Is that a question that people wanted to ask me?

Who does Ewan McGregor look like?

They want to ask me who I think I look like?

Why haven't they got better things to do with their time?

I get Eddie Izzard, I get Ricky Gervais.

I mean, they're both very funny and very talented.

Yeah, but I get. And charismatic.

But apparently, I look like both of them

at different times.

How many ways to spell Ewan?

There's a few.

E-W-A-N is how I spell.

There's E-W-E-N and then there's E-U-E-N.

And then you can phonetically, so Y-O-U-W-A-N.

[Both] Yeah. Youwan.

And then Ewan or Ivan or I get called Eugene quite a lot.

Like, Eugene McGregor, that famous actor.

How Ewan McGregor learn to sing?

Of all talents.

Woke up one morning and opened my mouth

and beautiful music came pouring out.

I don't know how you learn to sing.

I did get taught to sing in drama school.

Again, I'd got really good singing coaching

before I did Moulin Rouge.

Where did Ewan McGregor go to school?

Well, I know that he went to

Guildhall School of Music and Drama where I also went to.

Just a little connection there, I think you can tell

by our style of acting.

Did Ewan McGregor have braces?

No, I'd a little retainer

That you take in out. Yeah.

Right, as opposed to the train tracks ones.

And they made me speak a bit like this.

How long did you have it for?

Just a few years, I think, not very long.

But I didn't have the braces.

Will Ewan McGregor return to Star Wars?

Who knows?

Do you know or do you not really not know?

Are you being-- I really don't know.

I believe you. Well.

I really believe you.

That's 'cause it's the truth.

I'm not sure, I don't know.

I'd like to.

Okay.

Does Hayley Atwell speak Spanish?

No, not even a little bit, absolutely not, nothing.

Apologies, to my shame.

Where-- The suspense.

Is Hayley Atwell from?

I was born and raised in London, but my dad

and his side of the family are from Kansas City, Missouri,

so I'm half English, half American.

How old is Hayley Atwell?

You can't ask question like that.

That's a very rude question.

One should never ask a lady her age.

Let's move on.

Can Hayley Atwell sing?

Yes! I can sing in the shower.

In the shower, I like to sing Papa Can You Hear Me by Yentl.

I don't know why.

Is it you go-to shower song? It's my go-to shower song.

Every time I get in the shower,

papa, can you find me a-la-la.

Do you know what mine is?

Mine's an Annie song.

Maybe faraway...

[Both singing] Or maybe real nearby.

That's my shower song.

Isn't that funny, they've both sort of musical--

Musical. Shower songs.

Quite epic songs.

Okay, there we are.

Ewan MacGregor.

What is Ewan MacGregor's accent?

Scottish.

What is Ewan MacGregor doing now?

Press with Hayley Atwell

for a classic film, Christopher Robin.

What color is Ewan MacGregor's hair?

Would you say you're like a dark blonde?

Dirty blonde. A dirty blonde.

I think of it, I was born with bright red hair.

So I've got red in my hair, but red-dy blonde.

It's like a rainbow.

Okay, finally, what is Ewan MacGregor's new movie?

Christopher Robin!

It's me, Christopher Robin!

Oh bother.

Okay, is Hayley Atwell British?

Part British.

Is Hayley Atwell in Avengers 4?

Not that I know of.

Maybe, watch this space.

[Both] What is Hayley Atwell like in real life?

Gorgeous!

Lovely.

I'd take that. Lovely.

What is Hayley Atwell doing now?

Promoting Christopher Robin with Ewan MacGregor.

Woo hoo!

Is there more?

Is Ewan MacGregor a vegetarian?

No.

Is Ewan MacGregor a Rangers fan?

No.

Is Ewan MacGregor related to Craig Ferguson?

No.

Why would you be?

Because you're both Scottish?

We're both Scottish, that's it, yeah.

Most Scottish people are related

to one another, aren't there?

Who is Ewan MacGregor's uncle?

Ah, Denis Lawson is my acting uncle.

He was in Local Hero is what most people know him from.

He was the hotel keeper, Gordon Urquhart in Local Hero.

And then I have other uncles.

Okay. Okay.

Hayley Atwell, Dubsmash.

I've done a Dubsmash competition

with the cast of Agents of SHIELD, where we would compete

with Dubsmash Wars to raise money for charity.

So I managed to contact Miss Piggy.

Miss Piggy wore my character's outfit

and we did Single Ladies together.

Oh my God!

Brilliant. Highlight, highlight.

Hayley Atwell, drivers license photo.

When I was shooting Agent Carter, the show out here,

I had to apply at the DMV for my American passport.

But I had to do it in between scenes,

so I went dressed as Peggy Carter.

And that is still my driving license.

Is it? Yes.

That's awesome.

Oh! Ooh, ooh!

[Both] Hayley Atwell, first pitch Royals.

Yes, I was invited by the Kansas City Royals

to throw out the first pitch.

And did you? And I did!

And I got a strike.

It wasn't a powerful strike, it was still just a strike.

But it was good. It was good, yeah.

'Cause I felt I was asked to do it once,

but I was told that you can get booed.

Yeah. Like, people get harangued.

Yeah, especially if you can't throw.

I don't need more booing in my life, so I said no.

Yeah, quite right.

Hayley Atwell, glasses.

Or where I come from, glasses.

Glasses.

Do I wear them maybe?

Do you drink from them?

What is your favorite kind of glass?

I like to look through them wistfully

on occasion.

I felt the Google searches were fairly tame.

Yes. And now, I know

what your go-to song in the shower is.

Yeah, and I don't know the words to it,

so I just sing the same bit over and over.

The bit about the tie and the coffee.

Oh yeah.

[Singing] He may be sipping his coffee.

He may be fixing her tie.

See that's wrong. That's lovely though.

But that's the way I sing it.

He may be sipping his coffee.

She might be fixing his tie.

That's probably what it is.

[Both Singing] Maybe.