Porno Not Near Climax Irvine Welsh on the Trainspotting sequel
In most porno films, the script doesn’t matter. In the film Porno, however, it’s the deal-breaker – at least according to Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. The writer was back in his home town for a live audience interview session to mark the World Premiere of his first film as director, the short film Nuts. When quizzed on the non-arrival of a sequel to Danny Boyle’s iconic 1996 film, Welsh insisted that it all comes down to the words on the page – not his own in the Porno novel, which came out in 2002, but in the screenplay currently being worked on by John Hodge, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the original Trainspotting.
Porno follows the sex film career of Sick Boy, the return to Edinburgh of Mark Renton, and the continuing bampot antics of Spud and Begbie. Andrew Macdonald has the movie project in development at the moment, with Boyle interested in directing. At the Edinburgh Film Festival event, Welsh agreed that the original four actors – Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle – had to be involved for the film to work, but stressed that he didn’t blame McGregor’s falling out with the director and producer over casting of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach for the sequel’s delay.
Welsh did, however, add a couple of other film titles to the Future Films slate. First up is The Meat Trade, an original screenplay about a modern-day Burke and Hare duo in Edinburgh who murder people in order to illegally sell their organs. Robert Carlyle and Colin Firth are attached, with Antonia Bird directing. Welsh is also currently scripting a big-screen version of fellow Scot Alan Warner’s novel The Man Who Walks, about a one-eyed man who steals his local pub’s World Cup kitty and the demented nephew sent to hunt him down.
I think McGregor was pissed about getting dropped from the Beach because Danny Boyle had already told him he'd wanted him in the film. But I imagine it's a row that's been blown a bit out of proportion; I'm sure McGregor has said that if the script was good he'd work with Boyle again.
As for the film, it'd need the original gang to work, I agree. But I haven't read the book, so I can't comment on whether it'd be any good or not. Mind you, I wouldn't have thought Trainspotting would make a g... Read More
i understand imagine been dropped for Di caprio who at the time was a crap actor also it was a chance for Mcgregor to be seen by hollywood without an accent that needed subtitles ... Read More
it will only work if they get everyone back i am sure sick boy and johnny lee miller would come back but the rest i am not sure Ewan is a big shot now and his agent might advise him not to do it also Boyle should have cast him in beach so i don't blame Ewan for being mad .Boyle well he's 50/50 i am sure he would love to do porno but he also is big and could be given the chance of bigger films from Hollywood .Andrew well to be honest is a great director/producer and is friends with Boyle also wa... Read More
I'm still in two minds as to whether it's going to work. However if Hodge can develop the screenplay to something that is worthy enough to continue the story of these great characters then i'm all for it.
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