Why Danny Boyle wanted to return to the heroin scene for a Trainspotting sequel

By Garry Maddox
Updated February 24 2017 - 12:08am, first published 12:00am
Danny Boyle, Irvine Welsh and Robert Carlye on the set of <i>T2 Trainspotting</i>. Photo: TriStar Pictures
Danny Boyle, Irvine Welsh and Robert Carlye on the set of <i>T2 Trainspotting</i>. Photo: TriStar Pictures
'We sat round in a room and talked for a week and read bits of the books': director Danny Boyle. Photo: Steven Siewert
'We sat round in a room and talked for a week and read bits of the books': director Danny Boyle. Photo: Steven Siewert
Back again: Jonny Lee Miller (left) and Ewan McGregor with Anjela Nedyalkova in <i>T2 Trainspotting</i>. Photo: Jaap Buitendijk
Back again: Jonny Lee Miller (left) and Ewan McGregor with Anjela Nedyalkova in <i>T2 Trainspotting</i>. Photo: Jaap Buitendijk

Danny Boyle is staring out the window at the bustling construction at Barangaroo, where a high-rise casino is about to be built on an old industrial site.

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