James McAvoy was almost solid as Tom Riddle in Harry Potter

Bloody hell!

On the recommendation of his agent, James McAvoy dropped out of consideration for the position of Tom Riddle in Harry Potter even supposing he’d be making financial institution from Gringotts. Showing on the newest episode of Josh Horowitz’s Glad Unhappy Confused podcast, the actor defined that remaining in competition would have stored him out of labor for seven entire months.

“I used to be almost in Harry Potter,” McAvoy shared. “I bear in mind it was proper initially of my profession. I auditioned for it and I believe they needed to place me on a retainer. I might hardly performed any work and me and I believe ten different actors, they needed to place us in a retainer in order that they might maintain us and preserve us to decide on later.”

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It “was a very unusual factor,” the Cut up actor stated of the method. “They usually provided fairly some huge cash. For me at the moment, it was a ton of cash. It was like 40 thousand kilos or one thing like that. I’d performed little or no work and I wouldn’t be capable of do any work for about seven months, I believe.”

When McAvoy consulted together with his agent, “She was like, ‘Completely not. Do not try this. We’re gonna go do one thing else,” he recalled, sharing that he ended up doing a play the place he acquired “booed by a homophobic gentleman.” “I did that as an alternative and acquired paid I believe 275 kilos every week,” McAvoy stated. However hey, no regrets. “It was a part of the making of me,” stated the actor. “I used to be truly studying and doing all that.”

The revelation is especially magical as McAvoy is usually fan casted as Tom Riddle, later revealed to be Lord Voldemort within the franchise. Christian Coulson would go on to play the position in Chamber of Secrets and techniques. Hero Fiennes Tiffin, the nephew of Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes, additionally performed a youthful model within the Half-Blood Prince.

The BAFTA winner’s agent absolutely is not shedding sleep over the missed alternative, as McAvoy’s diversified profession has since spanned lauded roles in Cut up, Glass, Atonement, X-Males, and Communicate No Evil, amongst others.

Watch McAvoy’s interview in full above.