Plot details for Trainspotting 2 have been revealed

Irvine Welsh has revealed plot details of the hotly-anticipated Trainspotting sequel, expected to arrive in 2017, in an interview with Vice.

The Trainspotting author outlined: "It's very much telling a story about Edinburgh as it currently is. The main element to the story is basically Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud getting back together again, and it tells the story of them getting involved in the vice industry in a very innovative way."

Welsh also explained that while the script is based on the Porno, the sequel to his Trainspotting novel, it has been updated to reflect the events taking place a further ten years down the line than in the novel.

He said: "We've had to evolve past that, because the actors would have been ten years older when Porno came out, and now they're 20 years older. It has to take into account that reality."

Kelly MacDonald also hinted in the same interview that she may return to the role of Diane, saying: "I'm in talks, I've read the script. I don't know how much I can talk about it, to be honest. It would be so interesting to work with the same people, and everyone will have changed, but I definitely know how to stand on a marker now."

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[Via: NME & Vice]

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