Hit horror sequel 28 Years Later has finally landed in cinemas, marking a new chapter in director Danny Boyle’s iconic film series, which began all the way back in 2002
Zombie lovers are in for a treat as Danny Boyle’s new post-apocalyptic horror movie 28 Years Later has finally hit the big screen.
It’s the third installment in the franchise, and stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes in a story set 28 years on from the release of the Rage virus that shattered society.
The blockbuster flick is just the latest offering from Boyle, already famous for his box office hits, as well as masterminding the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Here, James Moore unearths surprising secrets about the Oscar winner’s most famous films…
28 Days Later…
In the original 2002 movie, written by Alex Garland, bike courier Jim wakes from a coma to find Britain in the grip of a virus that turns infected people into killers.
Jim, played by Cillian Murphy, and other survivors must battle to stay alive.
Boyle and his crew had roads closed off early on Sunday mornings to get the shots they needed of a deserted London. The crew even managed to put a bus on its side and remove it, all in 20 minutes.
Cops also helped close the M1 for them – to get just one minute of footage.
Some of the symptoms of the fictional, lab-born Rage disease were based on the real Ebola virus.
A sequel, 28 Weeks Later, came in 2007 and sees NATO forces arrive in the UK to restore order. Spoiler – they don’t!
Trainspotting…
Lager, lager, lager! Trainspotting stormed the cinema in 1996 with its tale of the heroin-fulled antics of a group of pals in Edinburgh. It was based on Irvine Welsh’s gritty novel and had a hit soundtrack.
The film starred Ewan McGregor as Renton and Robert Carlyle as the psychopathic Begbie.
It’s perhaps most famous for the scene where Renton has to use the ‘Worst Toilet in Scotland’.
Despite looking rank, the poo in the segment was actually made from chocolate mousse and apparently smelled quite nice. But McGregor did have to suffer doing 20 takes of the scene where he’s hit by a car.
The ‘C’ word is used 18 times in the movie and the ‘F’ word over 100 times. Boyle made a sequel, Trainspotting 2, in 2017.
The Beach…
Leonardo DiCaprio was reportedly paid £15million to star as backpacker Richard in Boyle’s adaptation of Alex Garland’s book.
The traveller uses a map to finds a secret community living at a cut-off Thai beach.
The movie, released in 2000, was shot at Maya Bay on the island of Ko Phi Phi Le – causing controversy when film-makers altered the beach to make the setting more like ‘paradise’.
Ironically, the authorities later restricted tourist visits there.
During production DiCaprio was badly stung by jellyfish, while he and actress Tilda Swinton were on a boat that dramatically capsized. Boyle and his crew also got stuck up a mountain in the dark.
127 Hours…
The 2010 movie was based on a real-life drama which saw American climber Aron Lee Ralston become trapped by a huge boulder – and have to cut off his own right arm to survive.
In 2003 he was on a solo descent through a canyon in Utah when he dislodged an 800lb rock, which pinned down his limb.
After five days of being stranded, the 27-year-old amputated it with a blunt pocket-knife.
The film’s four-minute amputation scene, starring James Franco as Ralston, involved using three specially designed prosthetic arms and was so realistic it left audiences fainting.
It took the real Ralston an hour to perform the makeshift surgery. Ouch!
Shallow Grave…
As Boyle’s first feature movie, the 1994 comedy crime caper had a budget of just £1million, meaning that they had to auction off the props to pay for it.
It starred Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox as Edinburgh flat mates.
After finding their mysterious new tenant, played by Keith Allen, dead with a suitcase of money, they bury him and keep the cash.
For one scene Eccleston had to be locked into a real morgue, filled with real dead bodies. A crew member had to stand in the shadows with him.
Slumdog Millionaire…
Chalking up a whopping eight Oscars, the 2008 movie starred Dev Patel as 18-year-old Jamal Malik, who hails from the slums of Mumbai and takes part in the Indian version of the hit TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
In the memorable scene where a young Jamal jumps into a toilet, the poo is actually made from peanut butter.
Patel would end up dating his on-screen love from the movie, Freida Pinto, in real life. The couple split in 2014.
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