Water under The Beach! Ewan McGregor dons hat and embraces old foe Danny Boyle at Trainspotting 2 SXSW screening
They refused to speak for years after having an almighty tiff over Leonardo DiCaprio landing the starring role in The Beach.
But Ewan McGregor and Danny Boyle looked like best friends again as they embraced at a screening of T2: Trainspotting at a movie festival in Texas on Sunday.
The new best friends warmly embraced as they hammed it up for the cameras at the South By Southwest showing of the long-awaited sequel.
![Best pals: Ewan McGregor cuddled up old foe Danny Boyle at at the T2: Trainspotting screening at the SXSW festival in Texas on Sunday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E367FB000000578-4307878-image-m-82_1489388389370.jpg)
Best pals: Ewan McGregor cuddled up old foe Danny Boyle at at the T2: Trainspotting screening at the SXSW festival in Texas on Sunday
Scottish beefcake Ewan, 45, has confessed that he now wishes he had swallowed his enormous ego years earlier.
The ageing hunk said: 'It’s a big regret of mine that it went on for so long and a real shame we didn’t work together all those years.'
And the Oscar-winning director has said they should have settled their differences sooner, preferably after smacking each other around with wood.
The 60-year-old said: 'What we should have done is what (Ewan's character Renton) and Sick Boy do when they finally meet. They bash each other with pool cues.
![Interloper: Danny looked disappointed when Edgar Wright squeezed in between them](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E367EF800000578-4307878-Interloper_Danny_looked_disappointed_when_Edgar_Wright_squeezed_-a-69_1489391393195.jpg)
Interloper: Danny looked disappointed when Edgar Wright squeezed in between them
![Hello ladies: They also posed up alongside Hannah Minghella and Nicole Brown](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E367F9C00000578-4307878-Hello_ladies_They_also_posed_up_alongside_Hannah_Minghella_and_N-a-68_1489391393189.jpg)
Hello ladies: They also posed up alongside Hannah Minghella and Nicole Brown
![Pool the other one: Danny has since said he wishes he settled his differences with Ewan by slapping him around with a cue](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E36C8BF00000578-4307878-Pool_the_other_one_Danny_has_since_said_he_wishes_he_settled_his-a-70_1489391393269.jpg)
![Pool the other one: Danny has since said he wishes he settled his differences with Ewan by slapping him around with a cue](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E36C96F00000578-4307878-Pool_the_other_one_Danny_has_since_said_he_wishes_he_settled_his-a-71_1489391393302.jpg)
Pool the other one: Danny has since said he wishes he settled his differences with Ewan by slapping him around with a cue
'Instead we sat moping and being very British and not saying anything emotional.'
The feud began when the future Star Wars actor was passed over for the lead in the 2000 memorably shallow film The Beach, a critical turkey helmed by Danny.
The role went to jet-setting environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio instead, and Ewan was so enraged a war ignited between the pair that would take many years to heal.
Crieff-raised heartthrob Ewan said: 'It was all over The Beach and my understanding that I was playing the role. To discover that I wasn't came as a bit of a shock.
![Changed man: The movie star has also he said he regrets staying estranged for so long](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E36C8AF00000578-4307878-Changed_man_The_movie_star_has_also_he_said_he_regrets_staying_e-a-72_1489391393306.jpg)
Changed man: The movie star has also he said he regrets staying estranged for so long
![Water under The Beach: The pair have now moved despite their epic tiff](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E36C8B700000578-4307878-Water_under_The_Beach_The_pair_have_now_moved_despite_their_epic-a-73_1489391393404.jpg)
Water under The Beach: The pair have now moved despite their epic tiff
![Cast away: Danny made Leonardo DiCaprio the leading man in the memorably dire film instead](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E3706BA00000578-4307878-Cast_away_Danny_made_Leonardo_DiCaprio_the_leading_man_in_the_me-a-75_1489391393475.jpg)
Cast away: Danny made Leonardo DiCaprio the leading man in the memorably dire film instead
'It wasn't just not getting that role. It was (the way) it was handled that wasn't very clever. It did knock me a little bit.'
Seeing himself as 'Danny Boyle's actor,' he had at that point been in three of the British director's films - Shallow Grave, A Life Less Ordinary and the original Trainspotting.
The Moulin Rouge star said: 'I put so much importance in being their actor. It defined me as an actor. I felt like it was a badge on my sleeve: I am Danny Boyle's actor.'
However he said he has since cast off his complacency, and now takes nothing for granted.
Ewan said: 'It felt like it was the most important thing of my career. I was arrogant when I was young. Now I get nervous about every role.'
![As he was: Ewan's career was yet to reach intergalactic levels when he starred in the 1996 film](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/00528FA000000578-4307878-As_he_was_Ewan_s_career_was_yet_to_reach_intergalactic_levels_wh-a-74_1489391393452.jpg)
As he was: Ewan's career was yet to reach intergalactic levels when he starred in the 1996 film
![As he is: The Scotch beefcake is now one of the world's most famous actors](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/03/13/07/3E08B3C900000578-4307878-As_he_is_The_Scotch_beefcake_is_now_one_of_the_world_s_most_famo-a-76_1489391393583.jpg)
As he is: The Scotch beefcake is now one of the world's most famous actors
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