James McAvoy's rent boy career fear

09 February 2009

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James McAvoy used to think he would be typecast as a "rent boy or hooligan".

The 29-year-old actor feared his strong Scottish accent and working-class upbringing would prevent him from landing lead roles in Hollywood.

He said: "I went to drama school knowing I could do angry young working-class men from Scotland. And I thought, 'I'll probably come out being able to do that better, and I can play angry young rent boys or hooligans.'

He told Harper's Bazaar magazine: It is nice to test the audience

"But it taught me how to liberate myself from class, locale, environment, the whole thing and just give yourself to being someone else."

McAvoy - who has starred in action movie 'Wanted', period drama 'Atonement' and children's film 'The Chronicles of Narnia...' - hopes to continue challenging himself with different movie roles.

He told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "It is nice to test the audience. If I had been offered the same thing over and over again, I would have accepted it. But it is the lot of an actor - your career is decided for you."

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