Reserve Result.

James McAvoy sells Timur Bekmambetov’s blockbuster film – Wanted – by gracing the cover and pages of Details August 2008 issue.

On receiving unprecedented attention: It was surprising coming here, because I’ve been recognized more than ever.

On being critical: I judge people very quickly. There was someone I worked with recently who, within five minutes, displayed all the attributes of a fucking dick, and I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Weeks later I was still there, going ‘You’re so fucking self-obsessed.’ I’ve spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I’m tired of it.

On not liking to go out in his twenties: All of my friends got so drunk they couldn’t even walk, let alone dance, and you just stand there going ‘So what am I going to do?

On his observation of pop-culture: I saw a clip of something—this girl has on a humongous fat suit and she’s singing that ‘my milk shake brings all the boys to the yard’ song, and I just felt like, ‘That’s so disrespectful.’ I would not want to be a woman in this industry. Horrible.

To read the complete article and watch James McAvoy interview video, visit Details.com.

James McAvoy sans Angelina Jolie promotes director Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted to cineophiles and press in Berlin, Germany.

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While promoting Tom Vaughan’s Starter For 10, McAvoy had a Q&A with ComingSoon.net and had this to say about Wanted: Yeah, kinda, and they want me to do as much as I can anyway. There’s a lot of free running and Parkour and all that kind of stuff. A lot of driving and guns and all that kinda rubbish. But it’s quite important for me because the reason I wanted to play this character in Wanted was because it still adheres to what I believe in, that heroes shouldn’t always be perfect. We shouldn’t always have the six-foot-five, chiseled-jawed, good-looking guy. That’s why it’s so good that Spider-Man is somebody like Tobey Maguire, and that’s why I took this role. They wanted someone geeky. I screen-tested for the movie over a year ago and they never gave me the part. Then, it was about seven months later when they went, “Look, we’ve been trying to find someone who’s muscle-y who looks good and all that, but it just didn’t work with someone like that so they said, “Could you come and do it?” They basically just said, “You’re the runt of the litter and that’s what makes it work” so yeah, and that’s why I like it. So while I’m doing all this physical work, it’s important for me to remain small. I’m sure they want me to get all big, but it’s important to remain believably geeky.

Wanted flick hits cineplex on June 27.