Ewan chooses to ignore Trainspotting team

Ewan McGregor says he has not spoken to the 'Trainspotting' team which made him a major star after they snubbed him for the starring role in The Beach.

McGregor was hurt they passed him over for Leonardo DiCaprio to make the big budget adaptation of Alex Garland's best-selling book.

The actor admits there is now a rift between him and the director, Danny Boyle, and adds: "It was badly handled."

Boyle, producer Andrew McDonald and writer John Hodge were behind many of the films which helped McGregor to become a household name such as Shallow Grave and Trainspotting.

"It was very badly dealt with, and not about the film. You know, the film was almost irrelevant; it was a friendship issue and all of those things. It was very unfortunate and so I don't see any of them anymore and that's a shame."