--- title: Quick Talk With Ewan McGregor description: The Scottish actor and director, 45, stars in the sequel to the 1996 black comedy Trainspotting, the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast and the third season of FX's critically acclaimed series Fargo. canonical: https://time.com/4703310/ewan-mcgregor-trainspotting-interview/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-16T10:26:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:00.098Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Quick Talk With Ewan McGregor og:description: The Scottish actor and director, 45, stars in the sequel to the 1996 black comedy Trainspotting, the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast and the third season of FX's critically acclaimed series Fargo. og:url: https://time.com/4703310/ewan-mcgregor-trainspotting-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Quick Talk With Ewan McGregor twitter:description: The Scottish actor and director, 45, stars in the sequel to the 1996 black comedy Trainspotting, the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast and the third season of FX's critically acclaimed series Fargo. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Quick Talk With Ewan McGregor > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Mar 16, 2017 10:26 AM UTC  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Mar 16, 2017 10:26 AM UTC **What was it like to return to your** **_Trainspotting_** **character Renton after two decades?** I was surprised he was still there, ready to go. The only time I’ve come back to characters was with the Star Wars trilogy, but this was a gap of 20 years. It seemed like Renton was inside there, ready to come out when we needed him. It was odd but wonderful. **The sequel is about a lot of things: friendship, betrayal, nostalgia. What was the main draw for you?** It taps into something about being in your mid-40s. I’m starting to feel it myself, this feeling of looking back at your life and trying to look forward at the rest of your life. It’s not just a film about nostalgia. It’s much more a film about what’s next. I was so moved by it. For me maybe more so than anyone else, because it’s my face there that’s gone back 20 years and forward 20 years. **Was your version of Lumière in** **_Beauty and the Beast_** **inspired by the original?** I still haven’t seen the cartoon, to be honest. I wasn’t watching cartoons by ’91\. But it was fun to play, because he’s a specific sort of suave, debonair character. Then to utilize the French accent that I thought would come naturally having lived with a French woman for 25 years–but of course didn’t. **You play two characters in the third season of** **_Fargo_** **. What kind of acting challenge is that?** I’ve done it two times before. I had scenes with myself in a Michael Bay film called _The Island_, where I played a clone, and then in _Last Days in the Desert_, where I played the Devil and Jesus. On _Fargo_, my characters are different shapes, so we’ve got one actor who plays opposite me when I’m playing \[each\] brother. It’s wonderful writing. It’s got a lovely style. I think it’s going to be really good.  Ewan McGregor attends a T2 Trainspotting photocall at Corinthia Hotel London on January 25, 2017 in London, England. Eamonn M. 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