The Film: Baz Luhrmann indulges his musical fetish and effectively resuscitates the genre with this post-modern flash grenade of music and sequins.

Marrying modern tunes to a classic structure, the film is a celebration of romance, bohemia and excess that dazzles the eye while never troubling the mind.

The Role: Christian, a lovelorn writer who pines after - and wins the heart of - Nicole Kidman's courtesan.

McGregor also proves he's got a set of pipes on him with some impressive singing.

Tackle Out? McGregor's other pipe remains strictly hidden away.