(L-R) Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton and Robert Carlyle as Francis Begbie in "T2 Trainspotting." Robert Carlyle as Francis Begbie in "T2 Trainspotting." (L-R) Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton and Jonny ...

It later followed up in 2017 with sequel T2 Trainspotting, which saw original stars Ewan Bremner (Spud), Robert Carlyle ...

Early on in our transatlantic phone conversation, it suddenly becomes unclear whether I’m chatting to Irvine Welsh or Frank Begbie ... the Walk past that massive poster of his beaming phizog ...

They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle). Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship ...

psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them ...