It’s been 20 years since “Trainspotting” put director Danny Boyle and the cast on the map, sold a boatload of soundtracks, and captured the energetic despair of a generation. Revisiting that same ground two decades on in “T2 Trainspotting” is a challenge, but it really sounds they got it right as the script even left Begbie in tears.
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“I was crying,” Robert Carlyle told Empire. “I thought, ‘Why the fuck am I crying at this?’ Danny felt it. Ewan [McGregor] and Ewen [Bremner] felt it. Jonny [Lee Miller], we all felt this real emotional connection to these characters and to this world. But that first read — I was speaking to Ewan McGregor, saying, ‘I cannae believe I’m feeling like this.’ I’ve never cried when I’ve read a screenplay before. Ever.”
Certainly, the characters have a lot of reconnecting to do, with Renton (McGregor) coming back to town after stealing their money and leaving them hanging dry after a drug deal that could’ve (and maybe should’ve) got sideways a few different times. And we’ll find out soon if time heals all wounds.
“T2: Trainspotting” opens on March 10, 2017.
