He plays the part of a seedy copper, who is a racist and misogynist, so it’s no surprise Scottish star James McAvoy described the role of Bruce Robertson in his latest film Filth as “probably the biggest risk of my career”.

But when he spoke to STV’s Grant Lauchlan, the star revealed that he wouldn’t have turned the part down for anything.

“I think I said that offhand in one interview and it’s become the thing I always say,” the actor said. [But]“It’s as much of a risk as anything is a risk because you never know if anything is going to be good or not. But this is probably the best script I’ve ready in the last two or three years.

“And why wouldn’t it be? It’s from the mind of Irvine Welsh, as seen through Jon Baird, and Irvine Welsh’s voice is so unique, so important culturally I think – not just in Scotland, but there’s no one like him in the world. It’s no wonder it’s such a strong script.”

He added: “For those reasons I don’t think it’s that big a risk…and if I’m rotten in it nobody’s going to say I can’t work again – or maybe if I’m that bad I’ll never work again!”

Adapted from the Irvine Welsh book of the same name, the movie tells the story of a policeman who manipulates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

Describing the movie as “dark” as well as “strange, interesting and funny”, the actor explained a little more about the character of Bruce Robertson.

“He’s not somebody you want to be, he’s not somebody you’d want to know… if you see somebody manipulate and corrupt and abuse and all these things then ultimately you want to see them get their comeuppance, and without giving too much away you probably get that in this as well.”

Several of the scenes for the film have been shot in Scotland, and it’s something McAvoy would like to see happening a lot more in the country – particularly with British movies.

Speaking about the recent boom of movies being shot in the country – such as Brad Pitt movie World War Z – James said: “The big movies have been coming in from America and using Scottish locations.

“And that’s fantastic but I think it’s always important to harness our own artistic output to create stuff made here, for here, by us, as well, and that’s what this is, and that’s the other side.

”Everybody’s been talking about World War Z coming here and taking over George Square; and I don’t get me wrong that’s amazing and long may Hollywood money pour into Glasgow, but we also need to do stuff for us by us for us.”

After Filth, McAvoy says he plans to take a holiday, but also hinted that working on a future X Men movie might be in the pipeline too.

He told Grant: “We were very pleased with it [the last X Men movie], it got received very well and we were surprised in a nice way just how well it went down, because those kinds of films don’t usually go down that well.

”The desire from us and the studio is there to make another one, it’s just about coming up with a good enough story to warrant it.”

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When Karley Duffy headed to work on Monday morning, little did she know, a few hours later she would later be lying on her back with James McAvoy hovering over her.

Every girls’ dream? Well not quite… You see the poor STV producer was on the set of James’ latest movie, Filth, which is currently being shot in Glasgow and Stirling.

Karley was helping to interview the star, for STV’s Moviejuice, when her muscle “popped”, leaving the 26 year old in agony.

She said: “The cast and crew couldn’t have been more helpful and having James McAvoy chat away to me, certainly helped ease the pain.”

James was extremely concerned and wished the producer well, as she was taken away in an ambulance.

Thankfully Karley is now back at work and although still in pain, is on the mend – James will be pleased to know.

You can watch the interview with James (minus Karley’s scream) on Moviejuice this Friday at 8pm on STV.

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Fox has just closed a deal with Matthew Vaughn to come back and direct the sequel to X-Men: First Class, with Simon Kinberg writing the script and Bryan Singer back as producer.

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LITTLE Corra Jones was treated like royalty when she wandered on to the set of James McAvoy’s latest movie.

The Last King of Scotland actor was every inch the obliging star when the six year-old asked him to meet her after she spotted him filming near her home in Cardonald, Glasgow.

McAvoy – filming scenes for the big screen version of Irvine Welsh’s book Filth – dropped what he was doing and posed for photographs with her.

Corra’s dad James, who was with her when she met the star on Monday, revealed that the 33-year-old Scots actor enjoyed a “right good blether” with his daughter.

Earlier, McAvoy, who was raised in Glasgow’s Drumchapel, revealed that he loves filming in Scotland so much that he plans to bring his family to the set.

McAvoy, who is married to actress Anne-Marie Duff, said: “It’s been really enjoyable filming here so far and it’s nice to be back in Scotland.

“I’m thinking about bringing the family to visit. We’ll have to wait and see.”

McAvoy, 33, whose sister Joy has a role in the film, also gave an autograph to fan Rosemary Fraser, who got a quick cuddle too.

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Production and financing of Steel Mill Pictures’ comedic thriller “Filth” has firmed up with principal photography set to start next week.

Cast includes James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt and Imogen Poots. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh (“Trainspotting”), “Filth” is written and directed by Jon S. Baird (“Cass”), who’s also producing through Logie Pictures.

Ken Marshall of Steel Mill is producing “Filth” in partnership with Jens Meurer and Egoli Tossell Film and produced and financed by Maven Pictures’ Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray, Film House Germany, Film I Vast and Creative Scotland. Will Clarke is exec producing.

Sierra/Affinity announced during Cannes last May that it would represent international sales “Filth” for Steel Meel, with Lionsgate releasing in the U.K. and Icon distributing in Australia.

“Filth” is centered on an Edinburgh police detective as he manipulates everyone in his path to secure a promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

Shooting is set for Scotland, primarily Glasgow, as well as on location in Sweden, Belgium and Hamburg.

It’s the second feature for Maven, which is in post on “Imogene,” starring Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening and Matt Dillon.

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Tarantino’s Top Eleven
1. Midnight In Paris
2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
3. Moneyball
4. The Skin I Live In
5. X-Men: First Class
6. Young Adult
7. Attack The Block
8. Red State
9. Warrior
10. The Artist/Our Idiot Brother (tie)
11. The Three Musketeers

Best Adapted Screenplay
Moneyball
The Skin I Live In
Carnage
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Hugo
X-Men: First Class

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I’m going to be the generic online reporter and ask if there are any updates on the X-Men sequel and did you happen to see any of the Prometheus footage that premiered on Apple?

Fassbender: I don’t know about X-Men, but I am hoping so. I know they have been sort of talking. I’m trying to get together with James [McAvoy], the writer, [Producer] Simon [Kinberg], and hopefully Matthew [Vaughn]. I hope that Matthew is going to be down. I hope we are going again, but we just to have to wait and see. I don’t know but I know that if it’s happening I want to sit down at the grass roots and with James as well. We have some good ideas I think. I haven’t seen the trailer. I didn’t even know.

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A NORTH-EAST film director has cast an Oscar-winning actor in his new movie.

Jim Broadbent, who featured in the Harry Potter series, Moulin Rouge and The Iron Lady, will play Dr Rossi in Jon Baird’s film Filth.

And the Peterhead-born director, who has already signed up James McAvoy and Downton Abbey’s Joanne Froggatt for the movie, is delighted about securing the talents of Jim Broadbent.

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Also IMDB has added even more actors to the movie. So check it out!
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It’s hard to deny just how successful “X-Men: First Class” was. Not only did it gross nearly $150 million domestically, the film gave the series a well-deserved face lift and rewarded fans with a story and characters true to what they love. It’s only natural that fans are begging for more.

But what’s unique about “X-Men: First Class” is that it’s not just the fans who are desperately asking for a sequel. Both of the movie’s leads, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, have spoken openly about wanting to find out where Magneto and Professor X go and having their own ideas for a sequel. Enthusiasm abounds with the team behind the first film, and a second seems likely at this point. But one big question remains. Will Matthew Vaughn return to direct?

Many people, Fassbender and McAvoy included, give a lot of the credit for the first film’s success to Vaughn and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Jane Goldman. Vaughn’s involvement most likely won’t be decided until Simon Kinberg, the man Fox hired to write the sequel, delivers a script, and Goldman’s almost entirely depends on Vaughn, according to the screenwriter herself.

Goldman spoke with MTV News while promoting “The Woman in Black,” and she said she understands the strong push for a sequel.

“James and Michael brought so much to them that I think it’s entirely natural to be talking about where those characters would go next,” she said. “It was inherent in their stories and their arcs. There are so many interesting places to go.”

If Goldman does eventually work on the picture, it will most likely be a rewrite of Kinberg’s script, but that all depends on what Vaughn decides to do. “In terms of what’s going on with that, again from my point of view, it’s down to what Matthew [Vaughn] decides to do,” she said. “If he decides he wants to direct the next one and if he wants me on board, I’m 100 percent there.”

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