Trainspotting star Ewen Bremner says Tom Hardy helped him land movie role

Trainspotting star Ewen Bremner has revealed that actor pal Tom Hardy may have helped him land one of his biggest movie roles.

The film in question is Snowpiercer, Oscar winner Bong Joon-Ho's 2013 science-fiction epic, which has just been made into a new series on Netflix.

Now, in an interview with entertainment website Unilad, Bremner, who famously played Spud in the Trainspotting films, says it might have been a chance reunion with Hardy in a London boozer that got him the part.

Portobello-raised Bremner, who also had roles in Black Hawk Down, Wonder Woman and Snatch, recalled: "One sort-of famous thing that did happen to me was back when I was living in Scotland, and I’d taken a trip down to London to meet Bong Joon-ho to chat to him about Snowpiercer.

Former Portobello High School pupil Ewen Bremner shot to fame in Trainspotting

"I’d met with him and his producer in the Soho Bar, had some tea and a chat. He wanted to show me the storyboard of the film. So we were chatting, kind of through translation with his producer and we were kind of understanding each other.

"Just completely randomly, the door behind him blew open and this contingency of Hollywood guys entered, it was like an entourage of movie stars.

"Well, that movie star was Tom Hardy. I was sitting this distance away and Tom looked over at me and screamed: ‘Ewen!’

"He grabbed me out of my chair and held me in this giant bear hug.

"We’d worked together a few times before, and we had a brief time on Black Hawk Down together. He swept out of the room again, and I could tell director Bong was really quite starstruck. He was blushing and kind of flustered, like: ‘Oh my god, that was Tom Hardy!’

"I don’t know if that’s what got me the job - but it probably did," added the BAFTA-winning Edinburgh actor.

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