James McAvoy
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Do you know what? I didn't do it for the movie. I just did it for the fun. I did it because we were in the lockdown. We were in pandemic land. Yeah, yeah. And I just had my second child. And I was like, you know what? I can't let having a child, again, stop me from exercising for three years. So I was like, I'm going to double down.
Do you know what? I didn't do it for the movie. I just did it for the fun. I did it because we were in the lockdown. We were in pandemic land. Yeah, yeah. And I just had my second child. And I was like, you know what? I can't let having a child, again, stop me from exercising for three years. So I was like, I'm going to double down.
Do you know what? I didn't do it for the movie. I just did it for the fun. I did it because we were in the lockdown. We were in pandemic land. Yeah, yeah. And I just had my second child. And I was like, you know what? I can't let having a child, again, stop me from exercising for three years. So I was like, I'm going to double down.
And I started eating crazy amounts of food and lifting crazy heavy weight. And two years later, this script came along. And it was like, oh, perfect. This works.
And I started eating crazy amounts of food and lifting crazy heavy weight. And two years later, this script came along. And it was like, oh, perfect. This works.
And I started eating crazy amounts of food and lifting crazy heavy weight. And two years later, this script came along. And it was like, oh, perfect. This works.
Rhythm. I don't know if there's rhythm. My agent, Ruth Young, who I've been with since I was 20, always says, do one for them, do one for yourself. And it ends up being more a little bit like do like four for them and do one for yourself. If I come back and I manage to get to do theatre, it has generally over the last 15 years been with Jamie Lloyd. The same director again and again and again.
Rhythm. I don't know if there's rhythm. My agent, Ruth Young, who I've been with since I was 20, always says, do one for them, do one for yourself. And it ends up being more a little bit like do like four for them and do one for yourself. If I come back and I manage to get to do theatre, it has generally over the last 15 years been with Jamie Lloyd. The same director again and again and again.
Rhythm. I don't know if there's rhythm. My agent, Ruth Young, who I've been with since I was 20, always says, do one for them, do one for yourself. And it ends up being more a little bit like do like four for them and do one for yourself. If I come back and I manage to get to do theatre, it has generally over the last 15 years been with Jamie Lloyd. The same director again and again and again.
And the biggest thing with theatre for me is it's a risk because it's the most exposing thing you can do as an actor. And you have to go up and sacrifice something every single night. And if it's shit, you're sacrificing and it's like going down like a cup of cold sick and the audience are sitting there literally going like...
And the biggest thing with theatre for me is it's a risk because it's the most exposing thing you can do as an actor. And you have to go up and sacrifice something every single night. And if it's shit, you're sacrificing and it's like going down like a cup of cold sick and the audience are sitting there literally going like...
And the biggest thing with theatre for me is it's a risk because it's the most exposing thing you can do as an actor. And you have to go up and sacrifice something every single night. And if it's shit, you're sacrificing and it's like going down like a cup of cold sick and the audience are sitting there literally going like...
or they're asleep right and you can fucking see it and that kills man that hurts whereas you make a movie like the audience experience of that is like time travelling a year and a half in the future and you're not even there like you can get back and you get paid like way better and it's a different thing
or they're asleep right and you can fucking see it and that kills man that hurts whereas you make a movie like the audience experience of that is like time travelling a year and a half in the future and you're not even there like you can get back and you get paid like way better and it's a different thing
or they're asleep right and you can fucking see it and that kills man that hurts whereas you make a movie like the audience experience of that is like time travelling a year and a half in the future and you're not even there like you can get back and you get paid like way better and it's a different thing