It made stars of Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle, and all three males seem within the upcoming sequel to the 1996 cult flick Trainspotting.
However whereas followers will get to test in with Renton, Sick Boy and Begbie 21 years on, another memorable characters will not be again when T2 Trainspotting hits cinema screens later this month.
From the shady drug seller you are positive to recognise, to the sport present host of Renton's heroin withdrawal-induced nightmares, FEMAIL finds out the place the forgotten stars of Trainspotting are actually...
Ewen Bremner as Spud, Ewan McGregor as Renton, Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy, and Robert Carlyle as Begbie in a scene from T2 Trainspotting
SWANNEY (PETER MULLAN)
Drug seller Swanney - also referred to as Mom Superior - was performed by revered Scottish actor Peter Mullan within the 1996 movie.
He went on to star within the Ken Loach movie My Title is Joe in 1998, a task for which he scooped the very best actor award on the Cannes Movie Pageant.
Mullan starred in Youngsters of Males in 2006 and Struggle Horse in 2011, and performed Yaxley, head of the Division of Magical Legislation Enforcement, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
He is additionally an acclaimed filmmaker, and gained the Golden Lion at Cannes for his film The Magdalene Sisters.
GAME SHOW HOST (DALE WINTON)
Presenter and DJ Dale Winton made a cameo within the movie as a sport present host (left). He is been a daily on our screens ever since (seen proper on the set of Unfastened Ladies)
Greatest recognized for Dale's Grocery store Sweep, which ran from 1993, Dale Winton was referred to as on to make a cameo as a sport present host that seems to Renton in a hallucination within the movie.
The TV presenter and radio DJ has never been too removed from our screens within the years since, presenting The Nationwide Lottery sport present In It To Win It from 2002 on.
Dale has additionally hosted reveals on BBC Radio 2 and recurrently pops up in promoting campaigns.
MRS RENTON (EILEEN NICHOLAS)
Eileen Nicholas is seen left as Mrs Renton in Trainspotting, and proper within the TV sequence Midwinter of the Spirit
Eileen Nicholas performed heroin addict Renton's long-suffering mom within the film, alongside Sport of Thrones star James Cosmo - who does seem within the Trainspotting sequel - as Mr Renton.
She went on to look in Behind the Traces in 1997 and the three-part horror sequence Midwinter of the Spirit in 2015.
DEALER (KEITH ALLEN)
The actor and hellraiser performed a seller within the 1996 movie (left). He is labored steadily in TV and movie since, and is dad to Sport of Thrones actor Alfie (proper with Keith) and pop star Lily
The actor and comic - and father of pop star Lily and Sport of Thrones actor Alfie - crops up in Trainspotting as yet one more drug seller.
Because the 1996 flick, Keith Allen has appeared in a bunch of films together with Twin City, Rancid Aluminium, The Others, Vinyl, and Eddie the Eagle.
He is additionally a TV common, with credit together with Robin Hood, New Methods, My Mad Fats Diary and Loss of life in Paradise.
LIZZY (PAULINE LYNCH)
Pauline Lynch, who performed Lizzy within the movie (pictured), is now a novelist residing in Lanarkshire
Pauline Lynch performed Lizzy, who was going out with Tommy MacKenzie, performed by Kevin McKidd, within the iconic movie.
Lizzy dumps Tommy within the movie because of a series of occasions initiated by Renton.
Pauline went on to look within the movies Attila and Lovely Creatures, however has now left appearing behind her to focus on writing.
The mum, who lives in Lanarkshire, revealed her first novel, Armadillos, final 12 months.
GAV (STUART MCQUARRIE)
Stuart McQuarrie performed Gav in Trainspotting (seen left within the movie and proper in 2011), and went on to look in one other Danny Boyle movie, 28 Days Later
After taking part in Gav in Trainspotting, Stuart McQuarrie went on to look in additional films together with 28 Days Later - which was additionally directed by Danny Boyle.
The 53-year-old has an entire host of TV credit to his identify, too, after racking up roles in Peep Present, The Invoice and Taggart, amongst others.
GAIL'S MOTHER (ANNIE LOUISE ROSS)
Annie Louise Ross performed the mom of Gail, who endured a very awkward encounter with Ewen Bremner's character Spud within the movie.
She adopted it with a task in The Acid Home, one other Irvine Welsh adaptation, and Drifting, and is now acquainted to a era of youngsters because of her half as Grannie Island in CBeebies present Katie Morag.
GAIL'S FATHER (BILLY RIDDOCH)
Billy Riddoch had appeared in Shallow Grave when he was forged as Gail's father in Danny Boyle's comply with up movie
Billy Riddoch had already appeared in Shallow Grave when he was signed as much as play the daddy of Gail in Trainspotting in 1996.
He went on to work in TV, showing in reveals like Monarch of the Glen, Brotherly Love and A Contact of Frost.
He appeared within the black comedy Burke and Hare with Simon Pegg in 2010.
DIANE'S MOTHER (FIONA BELL)
After taking part in the mom of Kelly McDonald's wayward schoolgirl Diane, Fiona Bell went on to look in I Noticed You and AfterLife within the early noughties.
She's now a theatre actress residing in Dublin along with her husband, Conor Mullen, who performed Stuart McElroy in Holby Metropolis.
DIANE'S FATHER (VINCENT FRIELL)
Vincent Friell, seen above in Quick Romance, went on to look in a Ken Loach movie, The Angel's Share, in addition to episodes of Taggart
Scottish actor Vincent Friell was forged within the position of Diane's dad within the unique Trainspotting film.
He appeared within the Ken Loach movie The Angel's Share in 2012, and has cropped up in TV reveals together with Rab C Nesbitt, Taggart and Being Victor.
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