American drama "Company of Brothers"
Movie "The Kiss of True Love"
Movie "Atonement"
Movie "Mr. Glass"
Movie "Dirt"
Movie "Becoming Jane Austen"
New and old versions of Professor X, Magneto reunion X-Men: Reverse Future (from left: James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Ian McLean, Michael Fassbinder).
Participate in "Jimmy's Chicken Feather Show"
Taking advantage of the global publicity ahead of the release of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, James McAvoy, who plays "Professor X," finally arrived in Beijing last month. In those days, Chinese film fans boiled over - because "one beauty" finally came.
In the era of Hollywood superstars and superhero melee, James McAvoy is not the most powerful muscular tough guy, nor is he the most powerful gold-sucking fierce in the film world, and even the mind-reading skills possessed by "Professor X" played by him are not the most dazzling superpowers. However, this man from Scotland, with a confused accent and a height of 170cm, is firmly stationed in the hearts of fans through his solid acting skills in films such as "Becoming Jane Austen", "Atonement", "Split", "X-Men" and other movies, as well as the humorous personality of running trains with his mouth full of mouths, and the blue eyes that cannot be ignored.
The United Kingdom has voted for more beautiful stars than Julie and Pitt, and in terms of male stars, the third place is "Curly Fu" Benedict Cumberbatch, "Harry Potter" Daniel Redcliffe is second, and James McAvoy is crowned the championship, and the nickname "One Beauty" is derived.
During the red carpet session before the Chinese fan meet-up, when the host told McAvoy that Chinese nickname meant "the most beautiful man," he proudly waved his little fist.
A When I was a child, I cheated my sister with my acting skills in exchange for a stinky beating
James McAvoy's early characters usually have a heavy-hearted and weak atmosphere, so there will always be people who think that he is a somewhat melancholy and introverted person. But in fact, he was very cheerful and lively in life - when X-Men: Reverse Future was filmed in Montreal, Canada, because the standby time was too long and boring, McAvoy ran to the local department store with Nicholas Holt, who played "Monster", and bought ten children's toy guns. After returning to the crew, they were given to Jennifer Lawrence of the "Magic Woman", Michael Fassbinder of "Magneto" and Hugh Jackman of "Wolverine" to start the toy gun war.
Mischievous, seems to be part of James McAvoy's nature, even if his childhood story isn't as complete — on the third Saturday of April 1979, James McAvoy was born in Glasgow, England, a city with almost all of Scotland's weirdest accent. His mom was a psychiatric nurse and his dad was a driver. When his parents divorced when he was 11 years old, McAvoy was sent to live with his maternal grandmother.
McAvoy also has a younger sister, Joey, and a half-brother, Donald, and at the age of eight, McAvoy showed superb "acting" in front of Joey —one day, the two of them were playing peek-a-boo in the attic together, and McAvoy hid in a cupboard in the attic and was quickly caught by his sister, "I was angry at the time." McAvoy smiled and recalled, "She yelled, hahaha found you!" I said no, you didn't find me. She said what do you say, I found you? I said, no, what you've found is actually James's soul, he's dead, and I'm here to tell you that you haven't found me. After some nonsense, Joey ran away crying and told his grandmother the bad news, "When my grandmother walked upstairs, her heart was broken. But when she saw me standing there intact, she took off her high heels and beat me up. ”
b I wanted to join the Royal Navy, but accidentally entered "Company of Brothers"
James McAvoy's childhood dream was to be a pastor, and he believed that "missionary work is a way to explore the world" and dreamed of using it as a profession to travel the world. "If you had told me when I was younger that acting would be something I would do all my life, I would have been super surprised." McAvoy said.
Entering the acting industry, in fact, came from a school internship, McAvoy happened to meet the famous Scottish actor David Harman, just a few words of dialogue, the 15-year-old Scottish boy left an indelible impression on Harman - four months later, McAvoy received a call from Harman, informing him to come to audition for the film "The Next Room" directed by him. Although McAvoy, who debuted on the silver screen, only played a humble role in it, the fresh performance earned him an offer of admission to the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
After graduating, McAvoy came to bustling London with enthusiasm to find more acting opportunities, but at the beginning of the profession, he also experienced the same hardships as ordinary people - McAvoy initially had to share a small apartment with four roommates, including Jesse Spencer, an actor from Australia who was later known to audiences through plays such as "House". At that time, the two were also fledgling new actors, but McAvoy rarely had the opportunity to get involved in big productions. Once disheartened by the future of acting, he had planned to give up acting to join the Royal Navy, but at this time, God finally lazily threw an olive branch - McAvoy won a small role in the new World War II drama "Company of Brothers", thus opening up a new situation in his career. It was also in this play that McAvoy first met the future CP, michael Fassbinder, the "Law Shark".
c Is not a high value does not rely on the face to eat
In 2003 McAvoy came to prominence as the young version of Leto Arthurdi II in the science fiction drama Dune Castle 2003. This outstanding appearance won him an important role in the BBC drama "Game Progress" and the British version of "Shameless", and then gave birth to the beautiful teenagers in the movies "Love Credits" and "True Love Kiss". If everyone sometimes comes and goes, then McAvoy's day happens at the age of 28 — in 2007, McAvoy performed "Becoming Jane Austen" with the most beautiful American girl, Anne Hathaway, and teamed up with the most popular British sister, Kayla Knightley, to compose Redemption, and for a time, this familiar and unfamiliar face appeared on promotional posters in all corners of the world.
Although female fans around the world have written a lot of praise for McAvoy's appearance, for himself, the word "appearance" is not so important, "I do think I am a charismatic person, but I am not in the high-value actors' league." 」 I feel that in terms of looks, I am at the average level of a human being, so that I can play a variety of roles. Later, he actively expanded his career, playing the antisocial police in the film "Dirt" based on Evan Wilsh's novel, and playing the role of multiple personality splits in "Mr. Glass" and "Split".
Today, there are still many people who want McAvoy to pick up some romantic comedies, and when he hears this, he always laughs and confesses: This is not credible. "I'm not good-looking, I'm not lying." I don't like to worry too much about my looks at work. I know I'm okay, but I'm not the kind of person who eats with my face to get to where I am today. ”
The younger version of X Professor is preferred
And every auditioned "Magneto" has been played
Counting up, the British film industry has never lacked handsome men - "Qiu Hua" Joe Delore, whose hairline has not yet moved back, Ben WeiShaw with invincible hair, and Tom Hardy, who is also a good and evil "tough guy sweetheart"... When you go through the faces of these people in your mind, you should understand the weight behind the word "one beauty".
With blue to transparent eyes, delicate red lips and white teeth and a perfect jaw line, McAvoy has a fragile juvenile bookishness and almost no aggression in the tough guy and muscle-rigged European and American film and television circles. Only with such a temperament can he endorse Professor X, who has been hurt by humans thousands of times, but still has great love.
In fact, James McAvoy is indeed the first choice for the young version of "Professor X" in director Matthew Vaughn's mind. In 2011, before the release of Matthew's X-Men: First Battle, the "X-Men" series was already a household name movie IP, and the elderly version of "Professor X" played by Patrick Stewart was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "McAvoy was the first to think of McAvoy when we were discussing who would play the young professor X," Matthew said of the initial casting story, "but I think he should have been mad at me because I had him play against everyone who had auditioned for Magneto." And when Michael Fassbinder walked into the room and spent 20 seconds with McAvoy, Matthew Vaughn finally stamped it. The classic young version of "Chavan" cp has since taken to the stage of history.
"Shark beauty" two or three things
Since the release of "X-Men: First Battle", "One Beauty" James McAvoy and "Law Shark" Michael Fassbinder have become the number one "cp" in the hearts of many fans, the two are "in love and kill each other" in the movie, and outside the movie, the two often wear cp coats such as "Chavan", "ec" and "Shark Beauty" in public to "sprinkle sugar to show love".
About raising children
This time, on the occasion of the roundtable interview of "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" to Beijing, the two were asked an interesting question: If Professor X and Magneto have children, how can the two agree on educating children? Probably because the question was novel, Ichimi deliberately repeated it to make sure she heard it correctly. Fa Shark said: "It is estimated that it will be a child with schizophrenia." And imitated Magneto's tone to speak to the child: "Don't tell your father, don't tell Charles." Yimei also imitated Professor X's speech to Magneto: "Don't mess with me in front of the children, we have reached a united front." ”
"If the two of them had decided to have a child together, they might have reached a reconciliation, or if they knew each other's differences, they chose to go on like this," Ichimi said. The shark continued to open his mind: "There are many people who have very different personalities and can also raise children together, which may be a good thing for children, you can see both sides of things." 」 And Yimei said: "Don't forget, their goals are actually the same, they all want the whole mutant race to be better." ”
About the first meeting
Referring to the scene that impressed him the most, Ichimi and Fa shark invariably chose the moment when they met each other for the first time. Yimei said: "In "The First Battle", we met for the first time in the water, and that moment was very emotional and tense. Charles said you won't be alone again, and I think it's the beginning of a great friendship. ”
About the relationship between the two
When the Beijing News reporter asked the two which three words they would use to describe the relationship between Professor X and Magneto, Yimei said that this relationship is very complicated, "I will choose: complex, very long-lasting, bitter and sweet." The law shark said it was "loyal, very frustrating, and very complicated." As for whether there is a kind of "true love" between them, Ichimi means that it is indeed "true love", but it is not the same "love".
Emotional things
Love sister and brother love alone
At the age of 16, James McAvoy met his first love, Scottish actress Emma Nelson. Nelson was seven years older than McAvoy, and sibling love became a lingering complex in McAvoy's life. In 2004, the up-and-coming McAvoy met nine-year-old actress Anne Marie Aolph on the set of the series Shameless, and although the man's fame doubled every day for two or three years after that, this did not affect the couple's feelings in the slightest. In 2006, at the age of 27, McAvoy walked into the wedding hall with his lover. Unfortunately, the marriage ended in divorce in 2016. A year after the divorce, McAvoy and his new girlfriend, Lisa Librati, have an open affair. Lisa is the personal assistant to Nate Shyamalan, the director of the film Split, and she is slightly older than McAvoy.
Written by Yang Chang Zhou Hui Xiaowan