Post by sgev1977 on Nov 24, 2019 15:03:40 GMT
This is really surprising!
[ quote]The His Dark Materials actor revealed in a new interview: “As a shorter man, I sometimes get told I’m too short for a role.”
He told The Telegraph: “Or even when I get a role, I’m made to feel like, well, of course, we’re going to have to do something about that.”
McAvoy, who is 5ft 7in, also said that a person playing his female love interest once questioned if he was the right person for the role “because nobody would believe [he] would be with someone like her.”
“That was a kick in the nuts,” he continued.
“I was like, ‘All right, now I’ve got to pretend that I really like you for eight more weeks. This is going to be really tough, because you’re so far up yourself.’ It got really interesting, that relationship.”[/quote]
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/james-mcavoy-height-short-his-dark-materials-episode-4-cyrano-de-bergerac-a9214751.html
I remember until recently it was considered an advantage to be short for movie actors because they are supposedly easily to shoot! True or not, there is indeed a lot of short famous actors from Tom Cruise to Silvester Stallone that it's almost a cliche that actors are always much shorter in real life than how they see on screen.
[ quote]The His Dark Materials actor revealed in a new interview: “As a shorter man, I sometimes get told I’m too short for a role.”
He told The Telegraph: “Or even when I get a role, I’m made to feel like, well, of course, we’re going to have to do something about that.”
McAvoy, who is 5ft 7in, also said that a person playing his female love interest once questioned if he was the right person for the role “because nobody would believe [he] would be with someone like her.”
“That was a kick in the nuts,” he continued.
“I was like, ‘All right, now I’ve got to pretend that I really like you for eight more weeks. This is going to be really tough, because you’re so far up yourself.’ It got really interesting, that relationship.”[/quote]
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/james-mcavoy-height-short-his-dark-materials-episode-4-cyrano-de-bergerac-a9214751.html
I remember until recently it was considered an advantage to be short for movie actors because they are supposedly easily to shoot! True or not, there is indeed a lot of short famous actors from Tom Cruise to Silvester Stallone that it's almost a cliche that actors are always much shorter in real life than how they see on screen.
