JAMES McAvoy has revealed the Scottish actors he would most like to work with.
The Hollywood legend spoke to The National ahead of appearing at a special In Conversation Event at the Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) looking back at his career.
McAvoy was presented with the Cinema City Honorary Award by the GFF, which recognises his outstanding contribution to film.
When asked which Scottish actors McAvoy would like to work with, he told The National: “I love James Cosmo, and Richard Gadd is incredible.”
In a career spanning film, TV and stage productions, McAvoy is known most notably for his roles in Shameless, Filth, The Last King of Scotland, the X-Men franchise, Atonement and Split.
The National asked McAvoy what he gets recognised for most, to which he responded: “It depends where I am. If it’s America then it’s X-Men or Split. Here you get a whole range of things – Speak No Evil came out the most recently so I’m getting noticed for that.
“Here you get more Filth, you get more Atonement actually, as well. The fact that anyone can still recognise me from Atonement – that makes me feel good, cause I’m quite a lot older.”
Speaking on the red carpet, McAvoy said: “I don’t think I could have made this film anywhere else – Glasgow gave us so, so much.
“I was interested in telling a story, not just solely set in Scotland, but about people who come from backgrounds where they have less opportunities, whether that’s council estates or whatever it is, but at the same time, telling a story that was entertaining and aspirational, and not just living in the grime and the dirt, which is part of that sort of lower economic background, definitely.
“But it’s not all it is, and sometimes it is all it is on film. And I come from a council estate in Glasgow, I wanted to tell stories about people from that kind of place but also entertain. And this story definitely gives the opportunity to do that.”
