James McAvoy Got Bullied by Famous Co-Star on His First Day of Being a Professional Actor: I Got Laughed at For Three Minutes

Oct 14, 2026 10:10am PT James McAvoy Got Bullied by Famous Co-Star on His First Day of Being a Professional Actor: I Got Laughed at For Three Minutes

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One of James McAvoy‘s earliest jobs as an actor came with some mixed feelings.

The “Atonement” star reminisced about shooting an episode of the HBO series “Band of Brothers” in a “Watch What Happens Live” appearance this week. Back in the early 2000s, McAvoy was a young drama school graduate who booked a role on the World War II miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. His role, Pvt. James Miller, only lasted one episode but gave McAvoy plenty of lines in the midst of a crowded ensemble — and it turns out not everyone was happy about that.

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