The Film: Danny Boyle's audacious debut is a kinetic, darkly comic delight. Three flatmates interview a new renter, then discover that he's a foul-mouthed thug who promplty gets offed, leaving a pile of cash behind. Cue jealousy, treachery and loft-hiding madness with great work from Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston and…
The Role: …Mr Ewan McGregor, making his leading man debut after a tiny role in Being Human. He makes you believe that he can turn from quippy, likeable lad to cash-nicking con-artist in no time.
Tackle Out? Nope, though he'd broken his cockular cherry the year before in miniseries The Scarlet And The Black.
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