Oh my lord. These are the best photos we’ve had of James McAvoy in a long time. See, I don’t really mind his wild ginger beard and I don’t mind when he has long, shaggy hair either. But I do tend to forget how boyishly handsome and dead-sexy he is when he’s all cleaned up and shaved and in a suit. SHAG ME!! SHAG ME, James!!! *tosses panties at Scotland*

Anyway, these are photos from last night’s London premiere of Filth, James’ increasingly critically-acclaimed new film based on the book by Irvine Welsh. James’ wife was not at the premiere, and he posed a lot with his blonde sister, Joy McAvoy. I only included one pic of her though. Because there were so many attractive photos of James, I just wanted to make it more James-centric. Sweet McAvoy. Such a sexy beast. He’s like the Scottish Paul Newman with those blue bedroom eyes.

James has been doing a lot of press to promote Filth as well, and here’s an assortment of quotes:

He drank to forget his disturbed character: “I drank a hell of a lot of whisky and that helped me get out of character. But in the morning, I had such a headache that it helped me get into character, so that was good.”

Confronting mental illness: “No matter how horrible Bruce gets, or how abusive he gets or how bigoted he gets, we know he’s sick. We’re not condoning his behaviour, we’re condemning it actually, the film condemns him. But we’re still asking you to feel something for him, because he’s a human being.”

James doesn’t want to be away from his wife Anne-Marie Duff and their three-year-old son Brendan: “Family is really important to me and when a role comes along, you have to weigh up whether it’s worth going overseas for… But an X-Men movie is definitely a time to go abroad because it’s a big one and it potentially guarantees work for me for the next few years… The fact that I did X-Men: First Class meant I could then do some theatre because I knew I’d have the next X-Men film coming up.”

[From The Scottish Daily Record & The Express]

I didn’t know/had forgotten that James’ son is named Brendan. Brendan McAvoy. That’s nice, and over here in America, I don’t hear the name Brendan very often. I imagine is sounds better when said with a Scottish accent. Anyway… James seems like a really decent guy. I hope I don’t have to eat those words one day, but for now I’m fine saying that James seems like a family man and a really sweetheart.

Photos courtesy of WENN.