Ewan McGregor won’t do a Trainspotting sequel
Ewan McGregor has scuppered plans to star in a sequel to cult film Trainspotting – insisting he is not a fan of the book the film would be based upon.
The star was reportedly eager to set work in motion on plans for a follow-up to the 1996 movie, adapted from Scottish author Irvine Welsh’s second book, Porno.
But the Star Wars star claims he wouldn’t want to appear in the film, because a big screen venture based on the poor follow-up book could potentially ruin the acclaimed first movie’s iconic reputation.
He says, “There has always been talk of a sequel (to Trainspotting) but I was disappointed with the book, Porno, that Irvine wrote afterwards – it was like he wrote a sequel to the movie.
“I would hate to damage Trainspotting. It would be awful to damage the reputation of that film.”
WENN
