Casting What-Ifs
A performer whose name is transcribed as You and Bremer had played Renton onstage; Christopher Eccleston was considered for Begby, and Robert Carlyle had earlier pursued Shallow Grave.
This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.
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- A performer whose name is transcribed as You and Bremer originated Renton in a stage production.
- Christopher Eccleston was the initial Begby image in the director’s mind.
- Robert Carlyle had auditioned for the Ewan McGregor role in Shallow Grave but refused to soften the character’s working-class accent.
- After also playing Renton in a reading, Carlyle was invited back and chose Begby after considering Sick Boy.
- The director’s belief that small psychos are best resolved Carlyle’s concern that he was physically unlike the novel’s Begby.