James McAvoy has revealed he ‘might never watch another film with the audience again’ after people ‘threw things at the screen.’
The actor, 45, who’s latest film Speak No Evil premiered earlier this week, recalled seeing the horror for first time at ComicCon.
James plays the lead role of Paddy, a family man with a dark secret, in Watkins’ English language adaptation of the 2022 Danish film of the same name.
Speaking in an interview with Sky News, he explained: ‘I might never watch another film with the audience again because it was wicked.
‘Every time I wanted them to laugh they laughed, every time I wanted them to get shocked and scared they were scared and then they surprised me with other stuff that happened.’
James McAvoy has revealed he ‘might never watch another film with the audience again’ after people ‘threw things at the screen’
The actor, 45, who’s latest film Speak No Evil premiered earlier this week, recalled seeing the horror for first time at ComicCon (pictured in the film as Paddy)
He continued: ‘People were throwing stuff at the screen at one point when my character was being particularly toxic, which was amazing, it was brilliant.
‘One of the things that this film is about is compliance and how compliant we become as a society and that is potentially a big problem.
‘We accept terrible behaviour not just from individuals like Paddy but also from society and governments and institutions that run our lives.’
James admitted to drawing on a number of controversial influences while bringing the character to life, among them the misogynist influencer Andrew Tate.
He told Empire: ‘The thing I thought I could exploit in the character was, he thinks he’s a bit of a… West Country Andrew Tate.
‘He’s like, “I’m going to teach you what it’s like to be a man again.” But there’s a sort of polite face on it that isn’t quite Andrew Tate, enough of a sheen of, “I’m not one of those guys.”
‘[Paddy’s] challenging you, “Do you have a big enough d*** to have a drink with me?”, Or, “I’m sorry, this is too much for you because you’re not real enough.”‘
‘You wanted something a bit agricultural. I had two big visual touchstones. The first was the Australian term bogan, which can be associated with a certain level of toxic masculinity.’
Speaking in an interview with Sky News, he explained: ‘I might never watch another film with the audience again because it was wicked. Every time I wanted them to laugh they laughed’
He continued: ‘People were throwing stuff at the screen at one point when my character was being particularly toxic, which was amazing, it was brilliant’
James admits to drawing on a number of controversial influences while bringing his Speak No Evil character to life, among them the misogynist influencer Andrew Tate (pictured)
He added: ‘And the other was the character Rooster from Jerusalem, played so brilliantly by Mark Rylance.’
Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Romania last month accused of crimes against 35 women, including allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Now under house arrest in Bucharest, the pair are facing allegations of human trafficking, including the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, forming an organised criminal group, money laundering, and influencing statements.
The alleged crimes date between 2014 and 2024. The Tate’s deny all the charges against them. In the UK multiple women have also come forward and accused both brothers of violent rapes.
A court is also set to rule on October 7 on whether the brothers committed tax evasion in the UK after Devon and Cornwall Police brought a case claiming they had not paid any tax on £12 billion of earnings.
Speak No Evil is released on September 13, 2024.
