Robert Carlyle insists he would love to do a third Trainspotting film – but it’s up to director Danny Boyle.
The Scot, 58, played Francis “Franco” Begbie in the 1996 original film and its 2017 sequel T2.
He said there was “space” for his character to return due to Begbie being the focus of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh’s 2016 The Blade Artist. In the book, Begbie is living a reformed life in the US.
Carlyle told The Big Issue magazine: “All of this is dependent on Danny.
“I am interested, because there is space for the character to grow. And The Blade Artist is almost exclusively about Begbie.
“In terms of the narrative, it is one of Irvine’s best. Because you know this character so well – and I know the character very well – you buy it.
“It is a scenario I know to be true – infamous figures have gone into prison and found art and come out as a different being. Irvine would love to do it, he knows I’d love to do it – but it is contingent upon Danny.”
