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Newsarama: So, it seems that studying Idi Amin could be good practice for playing Wesley in Wanted...
James McAvoy: [laughs] It could be. I can get that rage from somewhere.
NRAMA: Had you heard of Wanted before you got the screenplay?
JM: I had heard of the comic but I hadnt read it even though I am a big sci-fi fan. Also a Glaswegian wrote it [Mark Millar]. The thing that really got me excited about it is [director] Timur [Bekmambetov] because I had had [his previous film] Nigh****ch then Daywatch and I was blown away by both of them. Im such a sci-fi nut that I am really excited about doing it. It is wish fulfillment to play that kind of part. Im not going to try to get all buff for the part and be mean. Im going to try to make him a regular guy, which I know has been done before, but it is not done all the time and we need those kinds of real heroes.
NRAMA: I read that youre trained in gymnastics.
JM: Yeah but I havent done it in a couple of years. Though I am still bendy.
NRAMA: Wesley flips around a lot.
JM: Yes there is a lot of jumping and swinging around and doing silly things. I cant wait. You will read that in the first two weeks I will break my hip or something [laughs] and there will be a major recast.
NRAMA: Have you met Mark Millar yet?
JM: No I havent but I look forward to meeting him.
NRAMA: Will the character have a Scottish accent like you do in real life?
JM: No it is set in America.
NRAMA: I have been lucky enough to interview Terence Stamp who has played two comic book characters (Stick in Elektra and General Zod in Superman II). When I asked him about playing comic book characters he said that he actually tried to figure out what the characters do in between the panels so that he could figure out how they move. Will you be doing anything with that in Wanted?
JM: Since the character was so based on Eminem, I feel like I have to get away from that since it is something I will never achieve. Nor should I try to attempt. I feel like I am going for the essence of what hes done and then try to fill it in. there are also complications in translating a comic book to screen. Some things work really well and other things dont. I suppose how we recreate that will determine our level of success. Timur and are working that out. Timur is incredible. Hes an evil genius. So I am just putting my ass in his hands and hopefully he wont bullocks it.
NRAMA: One last one - is ****head in the screenplay for Wanted?
JM: No it is not in the script at the moment. It is less about superheroes and more about the empowerment of lives and how Wesley does all this amazing stuff and people tell him he is a supervillian. But he knows he doesnt have superpowers so he does it through belief.
James McAvoy: [laughs] It could be. I can get that rage from somewhere.
NRAMA: Had you heard of Wanted before you got the screenplay?
JM: I had heard of the comic but I hadnt read it even though I am a big sci-fi fan. Also a Glaswegian wrote it [Mark Millar]. The thing that really got me excited about it is [director] Timur [Bekmambetov] because I had had [his previous film] Nigh****ch then Daywatch and I was blown away by both of them. Im such a sci-fi nut that I am really excited about doing it. It is wish fulfillment to play that kind of part. Im not going to try to get all buff for the part and be mean. Im going to try to make him a regular guy, which I know has been done before, but it is not done all the time and we need those kinds of real heroes.
NRAMA: I read that youre trained in gymnastics.
JM: Yeah but I havent done it in a couple of years. Though I am still bendy.
NRAMA: Wesley flips around a lot.
JM: Yes there is a lot of jumping and swinging around and doing silly things. I cant wait. You will read that in the first two weeks I will break my hip or something [laughs] and there will be a major recast.
JM: No I havent but I look forward to meeting him.
NRAMA: Will the character have a Scottish accent like you do in real life?
JM: No it is set in America.
NRAMA: I have been lucky enough to interview Terence Stamp who has played two comic book characters (Stick in Elektra and General Zod in Superman II). When I asked him about playing comic book characters he said that he actually tried to figure out what the characters do in between the panels so that he could figure out how they move. Will you be doing anything with that in Wanted?
JM: Since the character was so based on Eminem, I feel like I have to get away from that since it is something I will never achieve. Nor should I try to attempt. I feel like I am going for the essence of what hes done and then try to fill it in. there are also complications in translating a comic book to screen. Some things work really well and other things dont. I suppose how we recreate that will determine our level of success. Timur and are working that out. Timur is incredible. Hes an evil genius. So I am just putting my ass in his hands and hopefully he wont bullocks it.
NRAMA: One last one - is ****head in the screenplay for Wanted?
JM: No it is not in the script at the moment. It is less about superheroes and more about the empowerment of lives and how Wesley does all this amazing stuff and people tell him he is a supervillian. But he knows he doesnt have superpowers so he does it through belief.
