Trainspotting (film) discussing which chapters of the book would and would not translate into film. Hodge finished the first draft by December. Macdonald secured financing from Channel 4, a British television station known for funding independent films. Pre-production began in April 1995. Ewan McGregor was cast after impressing Boyle and Macdonald with his work on their previous film, "Shallow Grave". According to Boyle, for the role of Renton, they wanted the quality of Michael Caine's character in "Alfie" and Malcolm McDowell's character in "A Clockwork Orange", "repulsive ... with charm "that makes you feel deeply ambiguous about what he's doing." McGregor shaved
Ewan McGregor Copperbottom in "Robots" (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in "Angels and Demons" (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller "The Ghost Writer" (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" (2011), Lumière in a live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), and the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama "Christopher Robin" (2018). In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his performance as brothers in the third season of FX anthology series "Fargo", and received Golden