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 James McAvoy
Interview By: Benjamin Lee Rapidly rising as one of Britain’s hottest exports, James McAvoy is one of Hollywood’s rarest beasts – an untamed animal. He pretty much does what he wants, says what he likes and doesn’t care if you like him or not. Okay so he’s not got quite the bad boy reputation that Colin Farrell arrived with back in 2000, but after some heavy drinking and heavy partying splashed around on Page Six he’ll be there. McAvoy really started to garner mainstream attention with his performance as the lovable faun in the least notorious film imaginable – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. This led to the film that everyone’s still talking about. I’m speaking of course about The Last King of Scotland where McAvoy starred opposite red hot Oscar favorite Forest Whitaker. With his profile now enviably high, it’s perfect timing to see how well McAvoy can handle a film all of his own. The romantic teen comedy Starter For Ten sees him star as a student attending university in the 80s. But for anyone wretching at the words ‘teen comedy’, McAvoy is keen, in his own inimitable way, to persuade you that this one is different. ‘It’s a teen comedy set in a college that isn’t about wanking into fucking apple pies’ McAvoy tells, ‘Or people having sex with people when they’re unconscious and vomiting on their bums. I mean for fuck’s sake guys.’ He’s right though of course. Starter for Ten has no fart jokes, no kegs and no bets that go horrible wrong. It’s also set in England and has an English sensibility that would be impossible to transport to an American setting. Set in the 80s. it’s very much of it’s time, something McAvoy relished. ‘It was fun’ he admits, ‘I got to do it in the 80s which was nice. I loved a lot of the 80s movies, Class, The Sure Thing, Mannequin and lots of those John Hughes movies. All my film and all my music references were from the 80s when I was a teenager.’ The film also gave McAvoy the chance to explore a genre much lighter than in his last outing. ‘I like doing comedy’ he confesses, ‘I did probably fall over in at least 20 scenes in this film and they’ve all been cut out. I do like broad comedy so the challenge was for me to make it less broad I suppose.’ The character McAvoy plays is just fresh off to university – still making a mess of things as he goes. McAvoy believes it’s a stage in life we can all relate to. ‘I think he’s just a bit hapless’ he believes, ‘He’s just sort of growing into himself. It’s that stage when teenage boys, their bodies are all a bit weird. Emotionally when you’re 18 it’s still happening. But he’s all heart and he’s all optimism.’ The film also broaches the tough situation many find themselves ... |
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