James McAvoy No stranger to movie franchises, he has played Professor Charles Xavier in four X-Men Previous films and also Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeHowever, McAvoy almost joined two other major properties, Star Trek and Harry Potter. The latter would have him play the young version of one of the most famous villains in cinema history.
Promoting his latest movie, don't speak evilon happy sad confused Podcast via PlaylistMcAvoy revealed He auditioned for a role in Star Trek. McAvoy, a self-proclaimed fan of Star TrekHe auditioned for the 2009 remake of JJ Abrams' film but didn't get the role he wanted. When he was offered a different role, he turned it down.McAvoy said:
“I'm almost there” [to a role]…I can't tell you who it is. I was offered something, [but] I didn't want to do that; I suggested I do something else. They wanted to test me with the camera, and I said, “You know what? It's okay, don't worry about it.” [But] Not because I wouldn't do it, but because I didn't think it was right. What I told JJ about the role I thought he should be and the kind of actor he should be, they got it perfectly, but the kind of person I thought I wasn't, is
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The person who got it, so it was great, and I loved the new movie; I loved JJ's movies; they're excellent.
By the time McAvoy took the test, Star TrekHe was already making a name for himself. In addition to The Chronicles of NarniaHe also had roles in Oscar-nominated films. The last king of Scotland and AtonementBut early in his career, McAvoy almost landed a major role in Harry Potter privilege. He was set to play the young Voldemort in one of the early films. McAvoy says they offered him a large sum of money to keep him in his position, but that would have kept him out of work for about a year. McAvoy said:
“I was almost in Harry Potter, almost, yeah. It was the first movie ever, and it was [role] Tom Riddle was in the first movie, right? He's in the movie for a scene, a flashback? And they offered me – I think I remember early in my career, I auditioned, and I think they wanted to put me on a waiting list. They offered me something like – it was crazy; I had hardly done any work and I and – I think ten other actors wanted to put us on a waiting list so they could keep us and keep us around to decide who would be who later on; it was really weird. And they offered me a huge amount of money at the time – it was crazy.
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Of money, it was about £40,000 or something like that, but I wasn't allowed to do that.
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“I worked for about seven months, I think.”
How Star Trek and Harry Potter would be different with McAvoy
When it comes to Star TrekSince McAvoy is Scottish, it is likely that he was offered the role of Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, played by Simon Pegg. McAvoy could have auditioned for several roles, as he could easily be seen as either Spock or Hank “Bones” McCoy. While Chris Pine was a great Captain Kirk, It was interesting that McAvoy was chosen to play the legendary Starfleet captain.. What's even more interesting is that McAvoy plays a young Professor X in X-Men Movies originally played by Next Generation Starring Patrick Stewart, McAvoy is a fan favorite for playing the young Jean-Luc Picard.
McAvoy as Voldemort in Harry Potter It would have been interesting, but it's likely just secondary roleIt is unclear whether the part McAvoy is referring to is Tom Riddle's brief appearance in Sorcerer's Stonewith Richard Bremmer playing the masked figure in the flashback, or the one in Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsThe lead role was played by Christian Coulson. Had McAvoy taken on either role, it is unlikely that he would have continued on the series, as the show's producers wanted a big name for Voldemort, and eventually chose Ralph Fiennes. McAvoy's participation in Harry Potter The film will ultimately be more of a fun Easter egg for fans of the actor than a major part of his career.
