During his press tour for this weekends blockbuster Angels and Demons, star Ewen McGregor spoke with the folks over at Moviefone regarding a Trainspotting sequel.   McGregor responded:  “I don’t think I would, for several reasons. The first one is that I didn’t think the book was very good. The novel of ‘Trainspotting’ was quite fantastic, it was beautiful, quite moving and disturbing writing, and then I find that the sequel … the book that Irvine Welsh wrote was called ‘Porno,’ and … it didn’t move me as much … He’d written a good sequel to the film as opposed to a sequel to his book. It’s also a similar story, you know, the betrayal of trust … Renton walks away with all the money at the end again. And I thought I don’t want to make the same story again. And, also, I think just the idea of getting the cast together again 10 to 15 years later isn’t good enough, you need more than that. I wouldn’t want to damage ‘Trainspotting’’s reputation, because it was an amazing film and a very important film of its time, a very important film for me and … a very important film for British cinema. I wouldn’t want to leave people remembering a poor sequel rather than leaving its reputation where it sits at the moment, which is kind of a phenomenal film.”

That’s a pretty solid no for those of you looking forward to the gang to reunite, but head on over to moviefone for the full interview to which he further discusses Angels and Demons as well as his tendency for on screen nudity.

Source: Moviefone

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