>After the critical success of a number of "posh" private school educated actors, the 'X-Men' star feels that an acting career is becoming a purely elite thing.
>The Scottish actor, who paid his way through drama school by working in a bakery, was at pains not to criticize the success of privately educated actors, but he was worried that it wasn't representative of Britain as it is today.
>If the trends are allowed to continue, McAvoy said, "That's a frightening world to live in, because as soon as you get one tiny pocket of society creating all the arts, or culture starts to become representative not of everybody but of one tiny part, and that's not fair to begin with, but it's also damaging for society.”
Is he right?
James McAvoy: Dominance of Rich-Kid Actors in the U.K. Is "Damaging for Society"
Zachary Richardson
Isaiah Barnes
>Speaking to Sky News in 2011, McAvoy said he believed that British filmmakers belittle and dumb down their productions to please American audiences.[90]
based and true
Luke Gomez
considering he just does mainstream shit, i don't see how his poorfag roots have contributed very much to anything.
the worst people are the ones who complain about it, they take their paycheck anyways and do nothing but whine to change anything.
Colton Miller
ok boomer
Xavier James
I think he actually funds a scholarship that puts working class actors through acting school
Isaac Walker
He's right, most actors that get big in the UK usually come from middle-upper class families and the same schools.
Jayden Murphy
cool it with the antisemitism
Michael Myers
Who can afford to be an artist other than rich kids?
Ian Fisher
>McAvoy said he believed that British filmmakers belittle and dumb down their productions to please American audiences
>say this
>then go do almost nothing but braindead capeshit and stuff like Filth
He's not exactly a high brow actor himself.
Oliver Russell
Based Scotsman calling out Eaton fags like Cumberbatch and Redmayne