James McAvoy: ‘I’m 75% Donegal. We’re so similar yet so different. I think the difference is independence’

“Yeah, I have been having a nice time. It’s been a good career. I’m talking like it’s over. Ha ha!” ...

James McAvoy: ‘I’ve been “that Scottish person”, reduced to a noise that comes out of my mouth’

He went from a Glasgow council estate to Hollywood fame. Now, in his directorial debut, the X-Men star is challenging stereotypes about his homeland via the remarkable tale of a real-life hip-hop hoax ...
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Setbacks, tribute acts, and all-time best rap tracks: James McAvoy and the cast of California Schemin spit bars on their new film

Ahead of the film’s UK release on 10th April, Shortlist sat down with the cast to chat about the most audacious things ...

Inside the real story of Scots rappers who fooled world with fake accents – now James McAvoy’s made a movie about them

A SCOTS rapper, who faked an American accent to chase his hip hop dream, has revealed how James McAvoy praised him for ...