Five times we loved James McAvoy as Scots actor turns 43
21.04.2022 - 16:31
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James McAvoy is one of the best actors to come out of Scotland, starring in big blockbuster hits like the X-Men franchise and M. Night Shyamalan's Split.
The talented actor scored a role in his first feature film before he even finished high school, as he starred in the 1995 film The Near Room, before going onto study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The Glasgow-born actor is celebrating his 43rd birthday today, as we take a look at some of his best moments across his career.
The X-Men favourite has starred in a variety of beloved projects from his break-out role as Mr Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia, to one of his most impressive films My Son - where he improved the entirety of his performance.
In honour of the treasured actor, let's have a look at some of James's funniest moments..
Viewers couldn't help but love James' innuendos as he appeared on the Stand Up To Cancer special of Great British Bake Off in 2021.
Fans could barely keep it together as he talked about ‘stiff peaks’ and 'wet pastry' while sucking on his finger as his tart was in the oven.
Seeing him winking and meowing at his snow leopard creation, a tribute to his Dark Material character’s daemon Stelmaria, in his tight t-shirt proved to be too much for viewers .
He also said in a now much-shared meme: "I love you pussycat. You and I we're done."
James said of his pastry repeatedly: "It feels a bit wet. I'm going to say this until the production team tell me what to do."
He added fuel to the fire when he talked about his meringues as he created a raspberry and lemon meringue pie, and he declared proudly "my peaks are stiff".
And when he sucked on his finger it was proverbial icing on the cake for most viewers.
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