Robert Carlyle Says TRAINSPOTTING 2 Is “One of the Best Scripts I’ve F—ing Read”
Danny Boyle is preparing to shoot Trainspotting 2 early next year, and it sounds like a sequel that fans can really get excited about. Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, and Ewen Bremner are all set to return, and it looks like they’ve read the script. During an interview with NME, Carlyle explains how much he loved it, saying:
“You’re going to think, ‘Of course he’s going to say this,’ but honestly, it’s one of the best scripts I’ve f—ing read. I mean, ever.”
The screenwriter who wrote the first film, John Hodge, returned to write the sequel, and it will loosely be based on Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting follow-up novel, Porno. Boyle previously explained that it will be its own thing, though. Carlyle continues:
“Obviously these four characters are 20 years older now and I’ve never seen a sequel that takes place 20 years after the original, so I think that gives it a certain unique quality. And the way John Hodge has put this thing down, obviously with the help of Danny Boyle, is to make it about how the characters’ lives have moved on… or have they? Without giving anything away, maybe some of them haven’t really moved on. That’s what the audience is going to have to go through with them. I tell you, this film is going to be quite emotional for people. Because the film sort of tells you to think about yourself. You are going to be thinking: ‘F—. What have I done with my life?'”
Sounds like it will be just as powerful a film as the first one. He went on to say:
“And though I’m obviously feeling a little bit tense about it because of the success of the first film, I’ll tell you this: if anyone can pull it off it’s Danny Boyle. He’s the best director I’ve ever worked with, he’s immense.”
Trainspotting 2 is scheduled to start shooting next summer. It’s gonna be good to see these characters back together again.