00:00It felt like being involved in a masterclass of acting
00:04and you'd forget that you were actually here to do a job.
00:06No, he was so brilliant at it and I'm so excited to see what next projects he embarked on as
00:12a director.
00:12How are you?
00:13Loving it, man. Living the dream.
00:14We're killing it, yeah.
00:15Yeah.
00:16We're killing it?
00:17We're killing it, yeah.
00:18He just booked a job, I was like...
00:19No, no, no, we're killing it. We're enjoying ourselves.
00:21Yeah, no, we're loving it.
00:22You're all so killing it.
00:23Yeah!
00:24You're doing a junket for a movie the stars are.
00:27You're working with James McAvoy then.
00:28Yeah, killing it, man.
00:29This is alright.
00:30Congratulations on the film, guys.
00:31Thank you so much.
00:33Let's talk about...
00:34Firstly, I just want to hear your voices.
00:35Whenever people are doing accents in a film, I just want to hear them afterwards before I get shocked.
00:40You guys are from...
00:42Genuine Scotland.
00:43Genuine real Scotland.
00:44Good.
00:45Are you from Dundee?
00:45Yeah, I'm from Dundee.
00:46I wanted to Dundee once.
00:47No, I'm from Glasgow, I'm from Glasgow.
00:49Oh, my grandma's from Glasgow.
00:50Is she?
00:51Yeah, well, she was.
00:52R.I.P.
00:53Lovely woman from Govan.
00:55Oh!
00:55Govan, man.
00:56Told us a nice bit.
00:57No Govan, wow.
00:58Lovely woman from Govan.
00:59It's lovely.
01:00My plays.
01:01Great plays.
01:02Is it harder to rap than it is to learn, like...
01:05Is it harder to learn how to rap on screen than it is to just learn normal dramatic scenes?
01:10Because that's all I was thinking through this, because I'm guessing you guys just aren't, you know...
01:14Rappers.
01:15Sunday League rappers.
01:17So this must have been a whole new territory to kind of, like, claw yourself into.
01:20Yeah, I mean, you've got certain things to keep you in check with, like, with raps.
01:24I mean, like, you've got, like, the rhythm and the beat and stuff.
01:28So I suppose I'd say it's a little bit easier than learning lines sometimes.
01:30Would you say something?
01:31Yeah, I think it's easier too.
01:33You've got more to fall back on, like you touched on.
01:35With learning lines, it's colder.
01:37I think learning dialogue lines are easier.
01:40If you have a two for some reason, because you can know the response.
01:42So you kind of have a ballpark figure of where to go.
01:48Yeah, I don't struggle.
01:50I don't know.
01:50Some lines are harder than others.
01:51Depends how good the writing is, as well, for some reason.
01:54We didn't struggle to remember them.
01:55It's getting them all out at the right beats and the right rhythm.
01:59And not dying and being like, eh.
02:00Was that realistic, watching these guys, especially your character, trying to kind of
02:05pick that up and get it into his head?
02:07Is that kind of reflective of your experience off camera, trying to do that?
02:11Yeah, I'd film myself on my Mac.
02:14I'd put it up and I'd just walk around the flat, rapping, doing Eminem songs,
02:17and also the sick songs we knew we had to learn.
02:20And just honestly, it's exhausting though, because it's physically,
02:23you're not just rapping it, you're going about a stage and doing it.
02:25It's like, remember we had the rehearsal and James came to see it,
02:28and we were like, halfway through the song, like, is it any good?
02:32He's like, you need to fix up.
02:34He was going runs, rapping.
02:36Yeah, I had to go for a run.
02:37We'd finish work, I'd have some tea, it'd be like 10 o'clock at night.
02:40I'd go for a run around Glasgow with my headphones in, just like,
02:44like, rapping in American whilst I'm running around.
02:47Everyone crossing their roads.
02:48Yeah, running away.
02:49What's this guy doing, man?
02:50Just a shout out for the word tea there, because I'm from Preston,
02:53I've been down South for far too long now.
02:54Nice, man.
02:55I say, I'm having dinner.
02:56No.
02:57Doesn't feel right.
02:58Make up tea, keep the tea.
03:00I call it dinner.
03:01My other half is French, so it's like an extra layer of having to explain why I'm saying
03:05Yeah, that's great though.
03:06Yeah, it's good to hear.
03:07Well, did you get any, your dad was in Deacon Blue?
03:10He was, he still is.
03:11He had some absolute bangers.
03:13Yeah.
03:13I was listening to Deacon Blue, I went out and read that on Wikipedia,
03:15I started listening to a couple of their tracks, and you forget how many hits they had.
03:19Did he ever step in with your musical interludes for a bit of advice?
03:23Not at all.
03:24Just parked in the side, just leave it to me, I'm a rap star now, you know?
03:27All right, let's talk about James McAvoy, guys.
03:31What was he like to work with in this capacity?
03:33Because this is his kind of directorial debut, so there's, there'd be some weight of expectation
03:38of what it'd be like to work with an actor like that, who's so kind of lauded and successful.
03:42But then seeing him wear these two hats, talk me through that experience.
03:45I think he's got such a natural ability for it that we all just kind of were in awe at
03:52how much
03:52he took it in his stride. Like, he was never at a loss for his words. He was so clear
03:57and articulate
03:57with his direction, and you always knew exactly what it was he wanted from you.
04:02And I think he honed the performances so well, and it felt like being involved in a masterclass
04:10of acting, and you'd forget that you were actually here to do a job.
04:12And no, he was, he was so brilliant at it, and I'm so excited to see what next projects he
04:17embarks on as a director.
04:19I think it'd be very different.
04:20Yeah, yeah.
04:21I really enjoyed the, the scene towards the end, won't give it away, but it felt like we've seen
04:26an evolution of James McAvoy from this kind of sweaty-browed, fobby-haired, wide-eyed,
04:32youngling, and he played a lot of these characters early on in his career, into kind of scary, alpha,
04:38like, Scottish man.
04:40He's real now, isn't he?
04:41And then there's a scene with you guys at the end, where you were giving off some of that
04:44kind of early McAvoy energy, and it was almost like watching him act against himself.
04:48Do you know what I mean? The one where he kind of confronts you in the office.
04:52Oh yeah, yeah, it was terrifying, yeah.
04:54And that's what I was seeing, I was almost seeing, like, kind of McAvoy on McAvoy.
04:58Well, that's a huge compliment, mate.
04:59That was a massive compliment.
05:00Yeah, yeah, I loved that scene, and I was so excited for that scene, having a hander with,
05:05or two-hander with him.
05:07But he probably hated it, because he had to do the scene, and then run behind the monitor,
05:11and be like, just two seconds, ah, I'm crap, let me do that again.
05:14But it was mad, we didn't get the panic from him of, like, you know, running a production,
05:19and doing all this stuff.
05:21I was still just focused on getting the scene right, so.
05:24No, it was, it felt easy working with him.
05:26Yeah.
05:27Well, I've got to go, guys.
05:28I really appreciated it.
05:29Thank you so much.
05:30Do you inspire you guys to direct in the future?
05:31Yes, no?
05:32Yes.
05:32Beautiful.
05:33That's all I need.
05:34Thank you very much.
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