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    Take a Deep Dive Into the Famous Toilet Scene from 'Trainspotting'

    Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) emerges triumphantly from his toilet dive in Trainspotting. For die-hard fans of Danny Boyle’s 1996 hit Trainspotting, the just-released sequel, T2 Trainspotting, could also be called Easter Egg Spotting. Based on a novel by Irvine Welsh, the first Trainspotting followed the tragicomic antics of a group of young junkies in Edinburgh, headed up by Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor).

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    Director's Reel: Danny Boyle Talks 'Trainspotting,' '28 Days Later,' 'Slumdog Millionaire,' and More

    Many qualities bind the eclectic films of Danny Boyle: highly stylized aesthetics, great soundtracks, the introduction of future stars (Ewan McGregor, Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Dev Patel), and, perhaps above all, constant pulses of energy. Boyle had a heap of U.K. theater productions and TV movies to his credit when he attained international acclaim with the 1994 black comedy-thriller Shallow Grave. While the Hitchcockian murder tale (which Boyle admitted was “stolen from the Coen brother

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    Ewan McGregor Says He Almost Tried Heroin for 'Trainspotting'

    In oral history of the 1996 hit for The Hollywood Reporter, actor says he considered it as research for his character, but was dissuaded when he met real-life addicts in Glasgow

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    Role Recall: Ewan McGregor Looks Back at 'Trainspotting,' 'Star Wars,' 'Moulin Rouge!,' and More

    In retrospect, assuming the iconic role of Obi-Wan Kenobi was nothing compared to Ewan McGregor’s latest undertaking. Written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia (Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs) and shot by Emmanuel Lubezki (who has won the last three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Cinematography), the film imagines a 40-day trek made by Christ as he fasts, prays, soul searches, and resists the temptations of the Devil (also played by McGregor).

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    A Brief History of Ewan McGregor and Danny Boyle Talking About That ‘Trainspotting’ Sequel

    This week hasn't been the first time Ewan McGregor has teased us about a follow-up.

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    'Trainspotting 2': Robert Carlyle Says, 'It's One of the Best Scripts I've F---ing Read'

    Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor, and Jonny Lee Miller in ‘Trainspotting’ (Everett) By Jacob Bryant, Variety Robert Carlyle has read the script for Trainspotting 2 and he seems to be a fan. Trainspotting director Danny Boyle will helm the sequel, and writer John Hodge returned to pen the script, which is said to be loosely based on Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting follow-up novel Porno. In fact, the entire main cast of the original is expected to return, including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, and