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Were Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman already famous?

posted a year ago by Sidha108 (2409)
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Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman are well-known celebrities today and in the years since their appearances in Star Wars, but were they already famous before this movie? Like did general moviegoers think of McGregor as "that guy from Trainspotting" or was he even that famous yet? Or was Natalie Portman known as "the girl from Mars Attacks" or had no one really thought anything of her before?

[–] Threadkiller (2967) 6 months ago

I was 12-13 at the time and was vaguely aware of Portman from her role in The Professional but I had no idea who Ewan Macgregor was before TPM. He may have been a rising name in the UK but he definitely wasn't well known in US. It's fairly evident that both became significantly more famous after Star Wars

[–] redban (5477) 6 months ago

Not really. Liam Neeson got top billing in this movie for a reason