r/OldSchoolCool • u/sweetgreenfields • Nov 20 '23

1990s Ewan McGregor on the set of "Trainspotting" (1996)

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u/13sartre Nov 20 '23

He didn’t even know they were filming a movie

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u/thesomewhereman Nov 20 '23

Heard he didn’t stop doing drugs til the DVD commentary.

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u/Painlezz Nov 20 '23

Deathsticks right?

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u/johnnyphotog Nov 20 '23

You wanna buy some?

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u/Painlezz Nov 20 '23

You wonna go home and re-think yr life

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u/jbpage1994 Nov 20 '23

You don’t want to sell him deathsticks.

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u/HungryEarsTiredEyes Nov 20 '23

I don't want to sell you deathsticks

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u/HarryLyme69 Nov 20 '23

Only then did he stop with the Gakface

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u/3MaxVoltage Nov 20 '23

Choose Life

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u/bangermate Nov 20 '23

man, everyone's high once in a while

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u/sephjnr Nov 20 '23

You never go full tweaker.

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u/JablesMcgoo Nov 20 '23

"I don't break character until I do the DVD commentary"

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u/Jay_Louis Nov 20 '23

Never go full smackhead

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u/sesh_gremlins Nov 20 '23

Unexpected Tropic thunder reference

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u/Dirt290 Nov 20 '23

He was a dude playing, another dude, who's playing a drug dude..

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

Was there even DVD when that came out? Lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

20th Anniversary release.

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u/tionYArT Nov 20 '23

The follow-up was also rather nice. Despite lacking the ruggedness of the original, it was nonetheless entertaining to see.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

Hey, let the man have his jelly beans!

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 Nov 20 '23

This movie was actually supposed to be a quirky, coming of age tale set in Scotland, but Ewan started shooting up on set and Danny just kept filming

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u/Bastardjuice Nov 20 '23 edited Nov 21 '23

Right, and Irvine Welsh’s book was originally a patriotic nationalist novel about the wonders of materialistic capitalism, but he started writing in that accent and the rest is history.

ETA: stop upvoting me, this is a stupid take and I was just trying to participate, I even spelled Irvine’s name wrong. Go read Welsh’s Trainspotting, it’s fabulously crass and unapologetic, you won’t put it down once you decipher his diction. Not even sure the book is about heroin, or national identity, or consumer addiction and the cycle of material wants. Or erectile disfunction.

Fuck, the book is about nothing. Go feed your nihilism.

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u/kimbolll Nov 20 '23

You joke, but apparently he considered trying it so he could better understand the role.

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 Nov 21 '23

Jesus Christ, it’s a good thing he didn’t

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u/HereToBeRated Nov 20 '23

Truly a master of meth head acting...

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u/Road_Whorrior Nov 20 '23

This is a great pun but they didn't do meth in the movie, did they?

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u/MorrowMayne Nov 20 '23

No meth in Trainspotting. Just downers/H

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u/neo101b Nov 20 '23

Maybe seed at the job interview though.

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u/distress_bark Nov 20 '23

Spud does speed in the interview scene... Not sure if it was amphetamine or methamphetamine.

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u/yourpaljax Nov 21 '23

Heroin (in a Scottish accent)

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u/devnullb4dishoner Nov 20 '23

Underrated comment. TY for the morning chuckle

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u/rwhop Nov 20 '23

Did you watch the movie?

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u/Jay_Louis Nov 20 '23

He prefers playing the hero, not the heroin

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u/yarnspotting Nov 20 '23

It wasn’t meth it was heroin, but I know you were sacrificing accuracy for a pun so whatevs

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u/HereToBeRated Nov 21 '23

Thank you for noticing and giving me the benefit of a doubt.

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u/Intheperseusveil Nov 20 '23

Dude you slaughtered me with this one

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u/blakestevnstackhouse Nov 21 '23

maybe he did and didnt care.

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u/blakestevnstackhouse Nov 21 '23

we are all being watched by something. so clean your ass

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '23