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James McAvoy, a man known as "the most beautiful in Britain", because he was selected as the most beautiful male star in the audience's mind in a large ballot event in the United Kingdom, however, as an actor, he did not want to be famous for his beauty, so he constantly tortured himself, whether he was ugly or shaved his head to play a schizophrenic, he did not complain at all, and presented the role perfectly.
However, unlike his glorious career as an actor, his private life is very low-key, and no one knows about his marriage for more than ten years, until the divorce news broke, and everyone learned that the public lover was married and had children.
So, what other wonderful life experiences does this beautiful man have?
Today let's walk into the story of James McAvoy.
History of fame
Born in Scotland in 1979, james's father is a construction worker, his mother is a nurse, as a child, his parents chose to divorce, so he and his sister were fostered in the grandparents' house, the mother also lived nearby, often went to visit, although the lack of father's love, but he was still happy under the love of his grandparents.
The first time he found out that he was interested in acting was when he and his sister were playing hide-and-seek, when he was found by his sister, but he seriously frightened the other party: "I am no longer here, what you see is my soul." Because the expression was sincere enough, my sister believed it and was scared to cry.
It was also at this time that he thought about whether to be an actor, but in addition to his own imagination and love to tease people, movies are also one of the factors that enlightened his dream of being an actor, he said: "When I was a child, I loved to watch movies, especially science fiction movies, and I had a special love. ”
In middle school, actor David Harman came to their school to explain "Macbeth", which also provided the first opportunity for James, who had an actor's dream at the time, at that time, after the lecture, he took the initiative to find Harman, expressed his desire to perform, and said that if he had the opportunity, he hoped to work on the other side's set, Harman felt that this middle school student was very interesting, so four months later, he gave James a chance to audition.
The audition was Harman's self-directed "The Next Room", which was darker in subject matter and about child prostitution, but for James, it was good to act, so he tried to express himself and successfully won the role of "Pimp Son", although the role was only a few minutes, but his slightly talented acting skills still earned him an admission letter to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
In 2000, after he officially graduated, he went to London with a passion, trying to find more acting opportunities, at first, in order to save money, he made a bunk at a friend's house, did not expect this sleep, that is, eight months, the following year, his life finally improved, because he participated in the AUDIT SCREEN TV series "Company of Brothers", and successfully passed, since then, all kinds of job offers have come to the door.
But what really brought him into the audience's sight was the movie "The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, the Wardrobe", in which he played the "half-sheep man" Toumnas, and his smart acting skills eventually won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Newcomer.
Although being recognized as a good thing, according to James, it has been ten years since his debut, whether it is his own age or debut time, he is no longer a "newcomer", so winning the newcomer award, for him, is more like a satire, he said: "I actually don't want that award, as far as I know, winning the newcomer award has no good results, this is a curse." ”
Therefore, in order to "get rid of the curse", he tried his best to maintain his image of a "mature man", and chose to star in "The Last Dictatorship", in which he played the personal doctor of the Ugandan dictator Amin, and this is also a two-sided role that will be hit to the nose and blue face, but also show charm to attract countless girls.
Although testy enough, his detailed performances succeeded in shaping the complex character, and in the end, the film was so well received that he was praised by critics as "a rising star in Hollywood".
In 2008, he continued to star as a star, staging a love-hate relationship in the movie "Atonement", the heroine of the film said that the male protagonist played by James is a very perfect boy, perfect to almost unattainable, but the more perfect, the more completely ruined, the male protagonist in the play is no exception.
As a result, the character from the initial purity to degeneration, and then to find themselves, took a long road, and the emotional changes, with James's interpretation, are presented to the audience one by one, superb acting, naturally won the glory again, the following year, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination and the British Oscar known as BAFTA Best Actor nomination.
In 2011, he joined Marvel and starred in "X-Men: First Battle", in the film, he played Professor X, and after meeting with another British actor playing Magneto, he began a lifelong game of killing and loving each other, and the wonderful interaction between the two also made the whole movie full of fun, some fans said: "At the end, the scene where Magneto embraced Professor X is a classic in the classic." ”
Classics are naturally appealing, and as a result, the film is a big hit, and James is also gaining greater popularity around the world.
However, he wanted to break through himself even more, so he took over the script of "Dirt" in 2013, in which he played a lowly Scottish policeman abandoned by his wife and daughter, using exaggerated behavior to cover up his inner inferiority and emptiness.
And this time, he also successfully held the entire role, as soon as the character appeared, James's look and posture made the audience clearly see the male protagonist's desire that was about to gush out.
But the character's heart is weak, so he quickly transforms, so that the desire in his eyes changes from extremely aggressive, to obscure, and then to bleak.
This detailed and hateful performance made James win the 34th London Film Critics Association Award for British Actor of the Year.
After that, he was no longer satisfied with the moral transformation of the characters, so he went to play a "schizophrenic" with 23 personalities, in order to play each role James once revealed in an interview: "I have carefully analyzed and thought about everyone's personality, such as when playing a 9-year-old boy Hideaway, I will try to take a child's tone, not to say something that is mature and extremely childish. ”
It is precisely because of these careful studies that he once again surprised everyone with his acting skills and completely changed the audience's impression of his "small fresh meat".
However, after experiencing a huge change in the image, many fans also began to miss the past fresh meat James, and some people hoped that he could pick up some romantic love dramas, but James's view of this was: he never thought he was good-looking, so he didn't like to worry too much about his appearance when he was working, and he also said: "Knowing that I look okay, I am not the kind of person who eats by the face to get to the present." ”
Off-screen
Compared with his changeable acting skills, he is much more affectionate in terms of feelings, at the age of 16, James met his first love, also grew up in Scotland actress Emma Nelson, the two are like-minded, hand in hand in the show business circle, but the teenager's love comes and goes quickly, a few years later, they chose to break up peacefully, but this love experience also established his unique love standards, that is, the sister-brother complex.
So, in 2004, James, who first appeared, fell in love with the actress Ann Marie Duff, who was 9 years older than himself, and it is reported that they met on the set of the series "Shameless" and fell hopelessly into love, although in the two or three years since then, James's fame has doubled every day, but this has not affected the sincere feelings of the sister and brother lovers.
In the most golden stage of his career in 2006, 27-year-old James walked into the wedding hall with his lover in a low profile and solemnity, and after marriage, they also had sweet cooperation in many movies.
In 2010, after their sons fell to the ground, they still lived in a low profile, choosing to stay away from the spotlight, refusing to attend various unnecessary events and party interviews, and they also tacitly did not talk about each other, trying to separate work and private life.
This is also why, later when they divorced, the public learned that the "most beautiful man" James has married and had children, in 2016, the two officially announced the news of divorce, claiming to completely end ten years of married life, the statement also mentioned: the two will continue to maintain a friendly relationship, will still love, respect each other, and raise their sons together.
After returning to singlehood, James did not rush to fall in love, but focused on work, until 2019, there was news that he and Lisa Liberti, assistant director of the movie "Split", secretly married, because neither party replied at that time, so this scandal was not over.
But unexpectedly, recently, James personally admitted to the identity of marriage, his wife is the Lisa that was rumored three years ago, as for why the marriage news was not announced early, he did not elaborate, but a person familiar with the matter said: "James has always been low-key, in order to protect his wife from being disturbed by the media, so he did not publish the news." ”
What is the reason behind it, we don't have much to explore, in short, bless the couple.
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Growing from small fresh meat to a strong faction, James has always been very clear that the protagonist on the screen has never stood in the whirlpool of entertainment, taking advantage of the wind to rotate and jump, blessing this actor who can maintain his original intention and humility in the showbiz circle of dyeing tanks, and can go farther and farther on the road of actors.