The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Keith Allen and a dealer performer whose name is transcribed as Peter Mullen are the two principal choices; Irvine Welsh is another proposed one-scene answer.
In the discussion (6)
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- Keith Allen is nominated for the final drug dealer, extending the kind of role he played in Shallow Grave.
- Keith Allen is identified as Lily and Alfie Allen’s father and described as a comedian, actor, and musician.
- The performer whose name is transcribed as Peter Mullen is recognized on rewatch after later roles in Top of the Lake, Ozark, The Underground Railroad, and Quarry.
- His dealer serves heroin like a restaurant meal and handles Renton’s overdose without panic.
- A deleted hospital scene is described in which Mother Superior has lost a leg and says pretending to be a Falklands veteran earns more than heroin dealing.
- Irvine Welsh is proposed for his brief appearance as Mikey Forrester.