Glaswegian Actors - Part 3

Finally here we are at our final installment of our Glaswegian actors. Our final actor is one of Glasgow's most famous stars and has rapidly rose to fame since his first acting job in 1995 at the age of 15.

It's James McAvoy! Born in Port Glasgow on the 21 April 1979 McAvoy is one of the biggest actors to come from Scotland. 
McAvoy attended St Thomas Aquinas secondary school in Jordanhill as he was raised Catholic. This made him consider joining the priesthood mainly because it would allow him to travel. 
However, at age 15 he starred in his first movie "The Near Room" (1995), he wasn't initially set on becoming an actor but he continued to act and in 2000 he graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

After graduating, McAvoy starred in many productions from stage to screen. In 2001 he starred in "Band of Brothers" alongside Tom Hanks, the miniseries, directed by Steven Spielberg, is amazing and is set in World War II. Also, in 2004 his profile was raised dramatically when he starred in the first two seasons of "Shameless". 

McAvoy at "Filth" Premiere.

From this, James McAvoy has starred in a range of movies from "The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to one of his biggest movies "Wanted" where he starred alongside Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. He has also starred in major blockbuster's like the most recent X-men movie, "X-men: First Class". 

However, his most recent Scottish based film, "Filth" has made quite the impact, with people talking about it for weeks after it's release, resulting in McAvoy winning Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards. 

Here's the trailer for the upcoming "X-men: Days of Future Past" starring James McAvoy.
Full link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acRHWnfZAE

Now you know a wee bit about James McAvoy, here are a few interesting facts about the man himself.

- He is a dedicated supporter of Celtic Football Club.

- After his parents divorced, when McAvoy was age 7, he was raised by his maternal grandparents.

- He met his wife, Anne-Marie Duff, whilst working on Shameless in 2004 where she played his character's love interest.

So that is the final installment of Glaswegian actors. For me, these three actors have shown how talented they really are, with them starring in a range of productions from stage to screen. As you can see, Glasgow is home to a whole host of talent in the world and this looks set to continue. Hopefully we'll see a few more upcoming Scottish actors in the future with Scottish productions becoming more and more popular.

Upcoming Film in 2014

I am so excited for some of the film releases this year and I know you'll probably see me in some of the queues for midnight showings this year (in costume... sad, I know). So here's a few of the most (in my view) exciting releases of 2014!

1.  Divergent - Release Date: 4 April 2014

Excuse me while I fan girl in the corner... Ahhhhhhh! And compose... right, OK.

Divergent is the film I'm most looking forward to this year. Firstly, the books are amazing, and if your a hunger games fan, I can guarantee that you'll love this. I'm not even kidding, I am obsessed with it.

I'll try not to give any spoilers away. The story is that Beatrice/Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is living in a world that is divided into factions and once old enough the teenagers must decide whether they want to stay in their own faction or switch to a different one. Tris makes a surprising decision resulting in her having to endure a highly competitive initiation. 

But Tris has a secret, she is "Divergent", which if found out would sentence her to death. Tris then discovers a plan to destroy the Divergent and Tris, with fellow faction member Four (Theo James), has to find out what makes the Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.

Let's just hope the film is as good as the books *fingers crossed*.

 

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutgWjz10sM

2. X-men: Days of Future Past - Release Date: 22 May 2014

 

  Sci-fi fanatics unite. X-men: Days of Future Past is out this year and I promise I'm not just excited about it because Wolverine aka Hugh Jackman is in it. *Girlish squeal* Well maybe a wee bit.
Anyways, ahem, this instalment in the series, sees the X-men sending Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to visit the past in order to change history so a catastrophic event can be avoided that endangers both humans and mutants. With the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Ian McKellan and Glaswegian actor James McAvoy, I'm sure this movie will be a good one.
Here's the trailer, YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2zYHWDZKo

3. 22 Jump Street - Release Date: 6 June 2014

Hey, it may not be the best film in the world, but it gives you a good laugh. 21 Jump Street released in 2012 proved to be funnier than I thought it would be, with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum returning to high school as undercover cops in order to stop the spread of a lethal drug. However, this time Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) go undercover in a local college. A great combination. To be honest the plot and story are a bit same-same as the first movie but oh well. Hopefully, even though the movie is not an Oscar winning masterpiece, it will still provide a good mindless laugh to cheer you up.
Here's the trailer, YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rvPK8ydZo

So there you go, a couple of this years upcoming films. Fair enough they may not be the best this year, but nonetheless I'm still looking forward to them. A few other movies out this year are the Fault in our Stars, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Hobbit: There and Back Again etc. This years movie selection is looking pretty hopeful so far. If you have any movies you're looking forward to this year, then feel free to put them in the comments. :)