Trainspotting No 2?

McGregor talks Renton's return


by Willow Green |
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If freaky head-spinning babies, brutal shooting-up sequences and diarrhoea-stained sheets were too much for you the first time round, you might not be exactly over the moon to hear that a sequel to 1996 classic Trainspotting is looking more and more likely. On the other hand if supreme direction, style in bucket loads and fantastic acting is your kind of thing, we think you might be a tad excited. With director Danny Boyle indicating that he wouldn't balk at the idea of revisiting Sick Boy and friends to Empire Online only last month, Ewan McGregor added more heat to the rumour fire last night at the British Independent Film Awards. He let slip that his attitude towards a reunion with Begbie has significantly shifted. "At first, I was quite sceptical about it. Quite some time ago I was asked if I wanted to play Renton again and I said no

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