James McAvoy talks SPEAK NO EVIL, X-MEN, STAR TREK, DUNE, HARRY POTTER I Happy Sad Confused

James McAvoy is an unabashed geek and a fantastic actor and storyteller to boot which makes him the perfect guest for Happy Sad Confused. In this episode he chats about his latest scary flick, SPEAK NO EVIL, how he landed X-MEN and SPLIT, why he passed on STAR TREK and HARRY POTTER, and more! #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #jamesmcavoy #speaknoevil To get early access to all of Josh's interviews, go to patreon.com/happysadconfused Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel so you don't miss any of Josh's interviews! SUPPORT THE SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! ZocDoc -- Go to ZocDoc.com/HappySad UPCOMING EVENTS Kathryn Hahn 9/13 -- https://www.92ny.org/event/kathryn-hahn Kate Winslet 9/23 -- https://www.92ny.org/event/kate-winslet Andrew Garfield 10/4 -- https://www.92ny.org/event/andrew-gar... 10th Anniversary Event with Sam Heughan & David Harbour 10/17 -- https://www.showclix.com/event/nycc24... Anna Kendrick 10/22 -- https://www.92ny.org/event/anna-kendrick Listen to the podcast on... APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cQa5xn... Josh on Twitter:   / joshuahorowitz   Josh on Instagram:   / joshuahorowitz   Josh on TikTok: @happysadconfused 00:00 Introduction 01:39 premieres 05:47 SPEAK NO EVIL 10:46 growing up 13:15 Star Trek 16:08 X-MEN 20:27 Nicolas Hoult as Luthor 21:38 DC villains 23:26 DUNE 25:13 SPLIT 28:49 Ad -- ZocDoc 30:27 directing 34:49 future/Harry Potter 37:33 Profoundly Random Questions