James McAvoy Discusses His Career and Shares Some Wild Stories
James McAvoy recently sat down with GQ to break down and discuss some of the films that he’s starred in. He talked about his role in Wanted, X-Men, Split, and Glass. He actually shares some interesting behind-the-scenes stories on these projects!
One story he shared involved him accidentally shaving his head before he shot X-Men: Days of Future Past, and he wasn’t supposed to! He said:
"In preparation for X-Men: Days of Future Past, I thought, 'I better shave my hair this time, because this is it now.' And prepped for that with a buzz cut. Very close to the sides and like a jarhead. But, I get to set and they're like 'no, no, no..' Alright, I get the script and see we're doing the 70s, we're doing hair extensions," he explained. "At first, they were like, 'We'll make this work.' I was like, 'You can't make this work."
Another story involved an injury he sustained while shooting Split. He ended up punching a metal door and breaking two of his knuckles. He shared:
"I was meant to come in like, full of beans, and full of adrenaline. And the rest of the door was metal and I messed the pad a bit and I broke my hand. I carried on in the scene white as a ghost and kinda in shock. And Night came up to me like after that take and he was like, 'You okay? That scene was weird. That take was weird.' And I was like, 'Yeah, let's just go again.' I don't think I told him I broke my hand at that point. I didn't realize that I had broken my hand, I don't think. But it became quite clear within a few hours when my hand was like the size of a boxing glove. And it's actually a bit in the film where Dennis puts on his glasses and it's a profile shot and you can see my hand is swollen up. I've not seen this but I've been told by Night, that there was people sort of commenting online going like 'Oh he's turning into The Beast. He's turning into The beast." It was just me with my big, gamy punched up hand."
Watch the video below, and listen to all of the stories that he had to tell!