詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊：从演员到导演的转变

Words: Jimi Famurewa Photography: Zoe McConnell WHETHER PLAYING MALEVOLENT MANIACS OR GARDEN GNOMES, THE SCOTTISH ACTOR HAS CONSTANTLY REINVENTED HIMSELF. AND NOW, WITH HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’, HE’S REALLY CHANGING THINGS UP “ONE OF THE THINGS I'D SAY ABOUT MY CAREER IS THAT I'VE NEVER REALLY INHABITED A CHARACTER TYPE FOR VERY LONG.” This is James McAvoy’s typically unsparing assessment of his ranging 30-year filmography. And, well, when you actually run an eye over the vivid, varied roles that litter his door-stopper IMDb page — a flute-playing, mystical faun in The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe; a nihilistic, ravenously self-destructive cop in Filth; a morally entangled government physician in The Last King Of Scotland; …