Danny Boyle has admitted an iconic opening scene from Trainspotting could never have been filmed today due to health and safety rules.
The 1996 cult classic adaption of Irvine Welsh 's book opens with characters Renton and Spud being pursued by two store detectives, before being thrown over the bonnet of a car.
In interviews in a new book ' £25 Trainspotting' by Jay Glennie, filmmakers recalled their relaxed attitude to safety put lives at risk.
Actor Ewen Bremner, who played Spud, was even mown own by the quad bike which director Danny Boyle was using for the chase sequence.It tells how shoppers were left bemused as Boyle and cinematographer Brian Tufano repeatedly filmed Bremner (Spud) and McGregor (Renton) racing along Princes Street.T
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