He's a well-known petrol head who rode across South America in his beloved motorbike for popular TV series The Long Way Round.

But Ewan McGregor has revealed he is keen to rekindle his skills on one wheel, instead of two.

That’s because the Star Wars star has discussed his plans to dust off his trust unicycle, having previously suffered all manner of bumps and scrapes to learn how to ride it.

In an interview in the US, McGregor discussed the hobbies he has picked up over the years, including playing the bagpipes and the guitar.

However, it is his desire to get back in the saddle that stuck out, with the journalist who spoke with him noting McGregor might just dig the unicycle out from his shed to ‘give it another go’.

In a previous interview, McGregor spoke of what it took to learn how to ride the odd mode of transport.

He had said: ‘It’s a very difficult thing to learn to do. You can only learn to do it by falling over and getting back up, and falling over and getting back up, and I think that is a lot, that’s like, a sort of metaphor, if you like, for life.’

During an interview in the US last week, McGregor also revealed that he tries to get out his pipes when he can and last gave them a skirl while celebrating Hogmanay in Scotland.

At the time, the star was out with his brother Colin, who repeatedly called out for songs that McGregor didn’t know.

McGregor told the LA Times he had to keep telling his 55-year-old brother: ‘C’mon, shut up. I don’t know that one.’

The Moulin Rouge star, who recently bought a mansion back home in Perthshire, has been filming for upcoming mystery thriller Flowervale Street alongside Anne Hathaway.

He also spoke about the joy he experiences when he gets a welcome reception from Star Wars fans.

Discussing times when he has surprised die-hards, he said: ‘It’s a good laugh. And it’s good for the ego when they give you a big cheer when they weren’t expecting you.’