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"James McAvoy has confessed that he worries about how his career will fare after starring in Filth.  The X-Men: First Class actor plays the role of depraved Edinburgh police officer Bruce Robertson in the big-screen adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel. Robertson is a bigot and racist who partakes in bestiality and cross-dressing. McAvoy told The Daily Record: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s an incredible role for me, unlike anything I&amp;#039;ve ever done and a massive \u00C2\u00ADchallenge. One I hope I don&amp;#039;t dash myself on.&amp;quot; However, McAvoy insisted that he understands the importance of taking on more challenging parts, not only as an actor, but as a lover of film.  &amp;quot;If you stop taking risks, then you get bored, or you just keep playing the same part, over and over again. Eventually audiences get bored of that as well,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It is difficult because everyone is watching now. You can&amp;#039;t fail in secret, or quietly. It&amp;#039;s a public failure and people notice. It&amp;#039;s not that I&amp;#039;m saying people rejoice in tearing you down. Not at all. But, people notice. They go, &amp;#039;What a disappointment&amp;#039;, and that&amp;#039;s the worst thing, to disappoint people. So, it makes taking risks riskier.&amp;quot; Filth, which also stars Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming, will begin shooting in January. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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