I rented Becoming Jane last weekend. In the DVD extras he earned high praise as an actor from several people involved in the production, particularly Anne Hathaway (who played Jane Austen); she said something along the lines that at first she thought he was a very nice young man, but then later realized she was working with a future legend.

"I'm 5 foot 7, and I've got pasty white skin. I don't think I'm ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not your classic lead man, Brad Pitt guy." --James McAvoy

And yet somehow, James, you're completely, disarmingly charming.