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I kind of embarked on a fruitless search to find information about my character, Frederick Aiken. And it was fruitless, unfortunately, because there's so little about him.

James McAvoy

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James McAvoy
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: April 21
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Voice Actor
Glasgow
Scotland
James Andrew McAvoy
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I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore.
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I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, so I stayed in my home town the whole time. However, I see more of my friends now than I did then. It's strange.
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I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, oh, what was that like? That must have been hard. And you go: No, it wasn't.' It was just completely actually normal because the new norm seems to be whatever you make of it, doesn't it?
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