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 | | Tuesday, 21 August, 2001, 08:04 GMT 09:04 UK Welsh reveals Trainspotting sequel  Trainspotting launched the careers of the four main actors Author Irvine Welsh is reuniting his colourful characters from Trainspotting for a novel about the pornography industry. Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie will all be making an appearance in a follow-up, set 10 years on, which has the working title Porno. But if the book is turned into a film, Welsh is not convinced that the original cast, including Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle, would be right for the parts. Speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Welsh revealed that he was working on his second novel about the drug-addicted foursome. The new story sees Sick Boy, who was portrayed in the film by a bleach-blond Johnny Lee Miller, attempting to direct pornographic films. Tight-lipped The hapless Spud, played by Ewen Bremner, is writing a book about their hometown of Leith. But Welsh is refusing to reveal his plans for Renton and the psychotic Begbie. The film helped Scottish stars McGregor and Carlyle on their way to the big league. McGregor has since appeared in the first Star Wars episode The Phantom Menace, while Carlyle starred in The Full Monty.
But Welsh believes it would be "interesting to see how other people played their parts". Leith is once again the backdrop of the novel but this time Amsterdam, San Francisco and France will also feature. "I'm enjoying this book more than the first. It's really interesting to find out what has happened to all the characters," Welsh said. Trainspotting made household names out of most of the films' main cast as well as the author. Welsh went on to write bestsellers Ecstasy, Marabou Stork Nightmares and Filth. But he is not concerned about his work being adapted for the big screen. He said: "These days it's virtually impossible to write a book which couldn't be made into a film, but you can't really think like that. "If you set out to write a book which will be a film, you're not going to write a good book." | |
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