Choose life. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players. Choose the Empire Live Trainspotting script read. Yes, some of our fair isle’s brightest rising stars joined Empire's own Chris Hewitt on stage at Empire Live this evening to raise a pint of Tennent's in honour of the film’s 20th anniversary.
The star of the show was Jack Lowden as Renton – hardly surprising considering Ewan McGregor's character did most of the heavy-lifting in Danny Boyle's 1996 film – who will soon be seen in Amma Asante's A United Kingdom. The rest of the cast were equally game and consisted of (deep breath):
Fisayo Akinade (The Girl With All The Gifts) as Spud
David Elliot (Kajaki) as Sick Boy
Tom Glynn-Carney (Dunkirk) as Tommy
Kevin Guthrie (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them) as Begbie
Jack Lowden (A United Kingdom) as Renton
Amy Manson (Once Upon A Time) as Gail
Eunice Olumide (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Lizzy
Chloe Pirrie (War & Peace) as Diane
Charlotte Spencer (The Living And The Dead) as Allison
Joanna Vanderham (One Of Us) as Swanney aka Mother Superior
There’s still time to pop down to Empire Live tomorrow, where we'll be hosting a live 'My Movie Mastermind' with Jason Isaacs, a Women on Screen panel with Amma Asante, and theEmpireMovie Quiz where you can pit your brains againt some of our very own team.