From screen to stage

Some Chinese have seen Hugh O'Hagan during his cameo in Danny Boyle's 1996 movie Trainspotting - and some saw him performing standup comedy in a packed theater in Beijing's Nanluoguxiang on New Year's Eve.

The Scotsman was the only foreign performer that night. He sang a Chinese song with amusing lyrics and clumsy rhymes while interacting with the audience.

"Everyone in Trainspotting became famous except me," O'Hagan says, jokingly.