When talking about his newest acting role, the star revealed that he finds kissing men “interesting”.

McGregor stars in gay comedy drama 'I Love You Phillip Morris'. When asked about his new role, the actor said: “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.”

The film met with controversy after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival and it was feared it wouldn’t be picked up by a distributor. However, McGregor loved the role:

“I'm very keen that it's a gay movie.”

“There was quite a lot of talk at Sundance that, 'Well, it's not a gay movie. It's a film about guys who happen to be gay ' and I was thinking, it's nothing but a gay movie. It's about a gay couple, about a man's sexuality, and he comes out. It's not the point of the film, but let's not pretend it's not a gay film.”

McGregor added: “It doesn't matter to me whether someone is in love with a man or a woman, I find the idea of love and romance interesting. I'm a sucker for it.”