James McAvoy compares and contrasts his alpha male character in 'Speak No Evil' to online personality Andrew Tate. The upcoming horror movie is a remake of the acclaimed (and terrifying) 2022 Danish film of the same name.
The actor says the horror remake plays to a "quite upsetting and worrying doctrine" taking root with young men online. . But it’s the film’s deeper themes, in addition to its heart-pounding scares, that attracted. “It’s entertaining and scary, but it’s also got something at its foundation. It’s grounded in something real.
“Paddy is living and presenting a version of the good life off-grid on his own time, self-sustaining back to nature, earthy, educated, erudite, sexy. He just wants to f---ing love and feel and touch and bite and talk and debate," McAvoy explains. "It’s a modern version of classic masculinity that isn't metrosexual, that isn't beta, that isn't compromising in any way. And yet he kind of makes it almost palatable.
As McAvoy points out, part of what separates Paddy from figures like Tate is the unsettling ease with which he hides his toxicity under a veneer of charm and vivacity. At first glance, he’s a loving husband to Ciara and an attentive father to his son Ant, a shy boy who is unable to speak due to what Paddy describes as a rare disorder. Despite his shyness, Ant seems to strike up a friendship with Ben and Louise’s daughter Agnes, a neurotic pre-teen who still clings to a stuffed bunny.
That’s not to say Paddy doesn’t enjoy watching them dig. “He enjoys the game,” says McAvoy. “He enjoys the hunt and that is something that's really fun to play when a character is really enjoying himself. That's usually a fun thing for me to do.” A version of this story appears in EW's complimentary Comic-Con 2024 Preview print edition, being passed out in San Diego throughout the convention.
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