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Jan 24, 2022 · As for what we do know about "The Blade Artist," the new series will be a six-parter adapted from Welsh's 2016 novel of the same name (the second of his "Trainspotting" sequels), and will be...
Dec 5, 2021 · Earlier this year, Robert Carlyle revealed that a TV series adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s 2016 novel The Blade Artist is in the works, continuing the story of his psychopathic Trainspotting character, Begbie (who returned in the film’s long-awaited follow-up, T2: Trainspotting, in 2017).
- Thom Waite
Dec 7, 2021 · Irvine Welsh’s latest novel The Blade Artist is being adapted for screen. The actor who played Begbie in the original movie Trainspotting, Robert Carlyle, has revealed details about reprising the role of the violent psychopath for the new series.
Dec 5, 2021 · Robert Carlyle is set to reprise the role of Trainspotting's Begbie for a new series based on another Irvine Welsh novel, The Blade Artist.
- Gemma Peplow
Oct 6, 2021 · Robert Carlyle will once again be starring as the infamous Francis Begbie in The Blade Artist, a spin-off series of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting and Danny Boyle’s film of the same name ...
- Margarida Bastos
May 17, 2022 · Irvine Welsh’s novel The Blade Artist is to be adapted for a TV series, it has been revealed. The 2016 novel tells the story of ex-con Begbie returning to Edinburgh from Los Angeles, where he...
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Sep 17, 2023 · The Blade Artist will see Begbie enjoying life in California as a world-famous painter after being released from prison but forced back to Edinburgh after the murder of his son. Robert said the character has become like an old friend and he’s totally at ease with playing him again.