Scottish actor James McAvoy has revealed his plans to take a break from his acting career to focus on other more important areas.
McAvoy, who starred as the younger version of Professor X in the “X-Men” film series, recently welcomed a son with his wife, Lisa Liberati.
In a new interview, the actor, 43, who is currently promoting his series, “His Dark Materials,” compared himself to Bob Harris’ character from the 2003 rom-com drama “Lost in Transition,” who is estranged from his wife and children because of his workaholic nature. .
Read on to learn more.
James McAvoy Plans to Take a Step Back From Acting
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Hollywood star James McAvoy has shared that he intends to retire from acting to devote more time to his family. In an interview with Observerhe frowned at the idea of spending all his days on set and revealed he used the brakes to be more “a modern-day family member.”
According to the news outlet, McAvoy reached a point where he had to choose between moving forward in his career and focusing more on his family.
“Do I keep chasing, do I keep moving forward, do I keep trying to climb stairs, mountains, all that kind of thing? Or do I continue to enjoy the acting – but take my foot off the pedal? And don’t feel like I’m never going to work again. Or I’ll lose the momentum, which I can say I have if I don’t take every great job that comes my way,” he says introspectively.
He closed it by saying that he needed to “slow down a little.”
The Actress Recently Welcomed A Son
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McAvoy recently welcomed a son with his wife, Lisa Liberati, and the actor’s decision to take his foot off the gas pedal may be due to him being a new father.
McAvoy and Liberati began their relationship in 2018 after they met on the set of the film, “Split,” in which McAvoy played the lead role and Liberati served as a production assistant to the director.
“It’s not possible to be a family member now if you’re a filmmaker every week of the year, every month of the year,” he said.
“Theatre is different – if you’re doing tons and tons and tons of theater, you’re going out six nights a week, always. But you are there more during the day. It’s really movies and television – it just bores you. It’s also a joy and I love it,” he said, but protested by also saying, “But I can’t spend my whole day on set.”
The actor is also father to Brendan, who he shares with his ex-wife, Anne-Marie Duff.
James McAvoy Has Limited His Acting Choices To Be Closer To His Family
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The “Atonement” actor admits to feeling out of work, but it’s not because there’s no work for him. In recent years, McAvoy’s workload has lessened compared to his 20s and 30s, when he was extremely busy due to high demand.
The actress revealed that the feeling was “in part” because she was fine-tuning her choices. He said, “That’s partly because I’m limiting my options to staying at home in London as much as possible… Because I want to be with my family.”
He went on to say, “I do a lot of that work and I love it. But I don’t want to live to work. This industry is great and it gives me an amazing life. But it survives on the sacrificial nature of performance. The film industry or the TV industry, they just tool you up.”
McAvoy has been working on “His Dark Materials” for four years and compared the length of his work to his role as Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” franchise, noting that the latter was longer.
James McAvoy On ‘His Dark Materials’
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Regarding his series, “His Dark Materials,” when asked where his passion for author Phillip Pullman’s books comes from, the actor revealed that it stems from the author’s main message.
Pullman is the author of the book The Dark Matter, which was the inspiration for the film starring McAvoy. “The struggle against oppressive moralistic institutions, in a sense, is something I find quite interesting,” he said of the book.
In response to a question about whether he had ever met Pullman, the actor replied that he had never. “I’ve never spoken to Philip Pullman,” she says, revealing that she feared the famous writer wouldn’t be a fan of her character Asriel.
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