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James McAvoy Dishes on Directing His First Film 'California Schemin'' | TIFF 2025

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James McAvoy Dishes on Directing His First Film 'California Schemin'' | TIFF 2025

James McAvoy Dishes on Directing His First Film 'California Schemin'' | TIFF 2025

James McAvoy talks about directing his first film 'California Schemin'' while chatting alongside the rest of the cast Séamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley, Lucy Halliday and Rebekah Murrell at THR's TIFF suite at the 1 Hotel in Toronto.

Plus, the cast reveal they had never seen the original documentary on the two fake Scottish rappers, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, prior to filming this movie.


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