Trainspotting was Irvine Welsh's 1993 debut novel about Edinburgh heroin addicts, and the film adaptation was released in 1996. It instantly made the reputations of its cast and crew – not least its director Danny Boyle. Now the other side of the Olympic opening ceremony, and having turned down a knighthood, Boyle sat down in front of the Hibrow cameras after a Trainspotting reunion event in London last night to talk about how the film was made, how Ewan McGregor was central to its success, and how he would make it today.
Danny Boyle on Trainspotting: 'We wanted to make a pleasurable film out of unwatchable subject matter'
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Trainspotting, the saga of a bunch of junkies cutting a swath through Edinburgh, became an instant classic of British cinema. Nearly 20 years later, director Danny Boyle talks to Hibrow about what inspired him
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