The Iggy Pop: He Was Portrayed By Ewan Mcgregor

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The Iggy Pop fun never ends. Even those of us who don't like the man's music have to admit that he's an intriguing and singular figure in rock and roll history. And it's in that spirit that we continue to provide you some weird information about a wonderfully weird man. Here's part two of the Iggy Pop list.

Number Eight: A Fictionalized Version of Him Was Portrayed by Ewan McGregor. The movie is Velvet Goldmine and the character is called Curt Wild, but it's generally regarded to be a fictionalized version of Iggy.

Number Seven: He is Famous - or Infamous - For His Drug Use. Iggy Pop dealt with an increasingly unmanageable heroin addiction throughout the 1970's and into the 1980's. With the help (both financial and spiritual) of David Bowie,