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 ...

Much has changed for Robert Carlyle over the last twenty years, but one thing remains the same: “I walk out in that street right now, and someone will go, ‘Hey, Begbie!’” he says.

Now Scottish actor Robert Carlyle is play the role of the man who gunned down the suspected killer of John F Kennedy. The star best-known for his portrayal of Begbie in Trainspotting will appear ...

Early on in our transatlantic phone conversation, it suddenly becomes unclear whether I’m chatting to Irvine Welsh or Frank Begbie ... who had fled at the end of Trainspotting with his cash.

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 ...