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Studio filming took place within the disused Wills Tobacco cigarette factory, on Alexandra Parade. 30 of the film’s 50 locations were filmed in Dennistoun.

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“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f****** big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of f****** fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the f*** you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f****** junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, p****** your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, f***** up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?”

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Phoebe Waller Bridge won a Scotsman Fringe First Award for the stage version of Fleabag in 2013.

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Three years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker find themselves at odds with each other after the Jedi Council grows suspicious of Chancellor Palpatine with whom Anakin has developed a bond. As he grows increasingly bitter towards the Jedi Council, Anakin joins the Dark Side much to the horror of Obi-Wan.

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Ewan McGregor is 52 on March 31 2023 (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images for Disney)

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Almost 40,000 fundraisers have helped raise more than £2M for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation as part of Doddie Aid, which saw participants, running, rowing and bike riding over the course of six weeks to raise money to combat MND.

Doddie Aid raises over £2m raised for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation

Callum Martin received a personal message of support from his hero Ewan McGregor.

Young Star Wars fans gets personal message from his hero Ewan McGregor

Some of the stars attending Scotland's Comic Con this year.

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Harry Styles attends the My Policeman premiere during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Our man in Moscow: Ewan McGregor is to produce and star in post-revolution drama

Ewan McGregor to star in UK drama series set in communist Russia

(L-R) Kathleen Kennedy, President, Lucasfilm, Genevieve O'Reilly, Sanne Wohlenberg, Tony Gilroy, Diego Luna and Yvette Nicole Brown attend the studio showcase panel at Star Wars Celebration for 'Andor'.

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Ewan McGregor delights fans during visit to South Queensferry

Ewan McGregor appearing on the front cover of British GQ's Style's July/August 2022 issue
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Ewan McGregor will don his Jedi robes once more in Obi-Wan Kenobi. Photo: Disney.

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Ewan McGregor will don his Jedi robes once more in Obi-Wan Kenobi. Photo: Disney.

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Ewan McGregor as Obe Wan

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Ewan McGregor poses with Stormtroopers as he attends an "Obi-Wan Kenobi" photocall at the Corinthia Hotel in London. Picture Kate Green/Getty Images

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Kerry Ellis and Denis Lawson in Anything Goes

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Dry January is not everyone's idea of fun. Picture: Getty Images

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Disney Plus Day is the company's celebration for the two-year anniversary of the streaming platform. Photo: Disney Plus.

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Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle as Spud, Renton, Sick Boy and Begbie in the first Trainspotting film

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Ewan McGregor has welcomed his fifth child, and first with girlfriend Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Ewan McGregor and girlfriend welcome their first child together

Outlander star Sam Heughan, left, and Trainspotting actor Ewan McGregor, right.

Sam Heughan and Ewan McGregor to tackle Everest

Netflix’s Halston where to buy Halston, and the best dresses

Netflix’s Halston: where to buy Halston, and the best dresses

Welsh says he is paid even when his novels are stolen from shops - because the stores have to cover the cost to publishers.

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Ewan McGregor stars as the fashion mogul Halston in the new series (Illustration: Kim Mogg / JPI Media)

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Ewan Bremnar as Alan McGee in Creation Stories (Photo: Sky Cinema)

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Danny Boyle's Trainspotting made household names of its young cast.

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Danny Boyle and Jonny Lee Miller on Princes Street.

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Left to right: Robert Carlyle as Begbie. Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy, and Ewan McGregor as Renton.

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Ewan McGregor is reprising his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Ewan McGregor thrilled to reprise Star Wars role

Ewan McGregor shot to fame with his starring role in Shallow Grave, a thriller which focused on three flatmates in Edinburgh's New Town whose lives spiral out of control after the dispose of the dead body of a new roommate.

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The romantic drama will also star Celine Dion and Priyanka Chopra (Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

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(Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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The pair will be riding on electric Harley Davidson's in the new series (Apple TV)

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Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregorreunite for the Long Way Up. Picture: Apple TV

Ewan McGregor on reuniting with Charley Boorman for Long Way Up

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Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh said Ecstasy was the gateway to his success with women.

Irvine Welsh says drug Ecstasy helped him get a girlfriend

McGregor will star in and produce SImply Halston. Picture: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images

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Halston and Liza Minnelli. Picture: Dogwoof Films

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Robert Carlyle at Edinburgh's Cineworld. Picture: Lesley Martin

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McGregor denies ruling out return as Renton

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