Ewan McGregor has wisely developed restraint from what he considers to be his poor choice in acting roles. As such, he’s refused a role in a possible Trainspotting sequel. As a successor to the 1996 film’s success, Irvine Welsh penned Porno in 2002, and now Welsh wants to make Porno into a sort of Trainspotting II.

When asked about making a film of Porno, Ewan said: “I really don’t think so. I didn’t really like the book as much.”

And he added of Welsh: “I thought he kind of wrote a sequel to the film in a way, instead of writing a sequel to his novel.

“I’ve always said that I loved Trainspotting so much that it would be a terrible thing to damage it by making a poor sequel. People would forget the great movie Trainspotting was.”

Exactly, and besides, who needs to see variations on the opium suppository sequence anyway? Next up for Ewan are rehearsals for his role as Iago in Othello at London’s Donmar Warehouse.

Note: The above images were taken a few months ago while Ewan was hosting a Londonian party for Burns Night. Obviously this party was pre-molectomy, but I couldn’t resist posting them since Ewan looks so damn good in a kilt. Surely, he can toast to the lassies anytime.

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