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Actor James McAvoy and his wife, Anne-Marie Duff, are the proud parents of a new baby boy, according to the Sun.
It’s unknown when their son was born, but the super low-key couple were snapped taking their new baby for a stroll in London yesterday. The adorable little boy looked super snug in a kiddies’ sling.
McAvoy turned down a £1million movie role so he wouldn’t miss the birth of his first-born child.
An onlooker told the paper, “The two of them looked so happy and content as they walked with their baby. James looks as if he’s found the perfect role – fatherhood.”
McAvoy and Duff met on their Channel 4 series ‘Shameless.’
Congrats to the happy couple. There was some talk the baby was born sometime towards the end of May.
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James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in “X-Men: First Class,” which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox.
According to Fox, “First Class” will “chart the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were the closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.”
Patrick Stewart played the character, a bald-headed, wheelchair-bound telepath, in the original “X-Men” trilogy. Fox did not reveal if McAvoy will sport a follicle-free pate.
Fox is moving fast on the production, hiring Vaughn in early May and planning a summer start in London. The movie is being planned for a June 3, 2011, release.
Bryan Singer, who conceived the story for “First Class,” is producing along with Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg.
McAvoy already has comic book movie experience, having starred in “Wanted.” The British actor was last seen in “The Last Station.”
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Courtney Love has said that she would like either Ryan Gosling or James McAvoy to star as her late husband Kurt Cobain in the forhtcoming biopic about his life.
Speaking on US chat show The View, Love, who is co-producing the movie, spoke about how she was trying to decide between the two.
“He looks like [if] Edward Norton and Kurt had a baby,” she said of British actor McAvoy. She didn’t, however, say if she had approached either actor about being in the film.
Love went on to say that even though she is part-producing the film about Cobain, she would probably never see it, as it would be too painful to watch.
The as-yet-untitled film is set to be a joint venture from the Universal and Working Title production companies.
Oren Moverman – who co-wrote the Bob Dylan biopic ‘I’m Not There’ – will be directing and re-writing David Benioff’s original script, which was based on the 2002 Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven by Charles Cross.
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The Conspirator site is now up over here – thanks to Kurt for the heads up!
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Actor James McAvoy (Atonement, Wanted) has reportedly turned down a role (and one hefty paycheck) to prepare for the biggest role of his life: becoming a dad. According the U.K.’s Telegraph, McAvoy, 30, has pulled out of the film I’m With Cancer because the timing of the shoot (which began this week in Canada) may have interfered with the birth of his first child.
McAvoy and his wife, 39-year-old actress Ann-Marie Duff (The Last Station) are expecting the arrival of their first child very soon. A friend of McAvoy’s told the Telegraph, “James wants to be there when his baby’s born.”
McAvoy’s decision to bail on the project reportedly cost the Scottish actor a pretty penny. The role allegedly would have paid a “seven-figure sum.” What a dilemma, but what a noble choice!
McAvoy’s Cancer castmate and producer, Seth Rogen (Knocked Up), had this to say: “It’s incredibly unfortunate that circumstances outside of everyone’s control have taken James away from the project. We all look forward to working with James in the future.”
In light of McAvoy’s departure, (500) Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon-Levitt has stepped in to take over the role in the comedy, according to EW.com. The film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, and recent Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air).
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