News: "Trainspotting" Star Raves About the Sequel's Script

Danny Boyle is finally making a Trainspotting sequel after twenty years with screenwriter John Hodge returning as well.  

With work on the sequel about to get underway, one of the original's stars Robert Carlyle recently commented on the script:

"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... 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?'

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."

The Trainspotting sequel is expected to begin shooting next summer. Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewan Bremner will return to co-star as well. 

Source: NME