James McAvoy isn't worried about sex scenes. The Last Station actor, who stars alongside Dame Helen Mirren and his wife Anne-Marie Duff in the biopic of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, admits getting intimate on camera can be "awkward", but they are much simpler scenes to film than many others.
He said: "It's one of those things actors have to do. It's an easy thing to deal with because it's one of the defining aspects of our job. It's what we have to do.
"Those scenes are dead awkward to do and all that, but at least you know what they are. There's much harder parts and much more awkward parts and much more confrontational parts of our job, than those what you would think are dead sexy scenes."
Although James doesn't mind intimate encounters, he says awkwardness can arise on a film set, particularly if there is miscommunication between an actor and a director.
He explained to BBC Breakfast: "When you just come in and say, 'This scene is rubbish and I don't know how to make it better' and the director thinks it's excellent. That's more awkward."
James has become one of Hollywood's growing band of Scots who are doing rather well over there. They include Euan McGregor, Dougray Scott, Craig Freguson, Tilda Swinton and Oscar-nominated writer Armando Iannucci. He came to international attention for his portrayal of a young doctor who got caught up with the bizarre dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, in The Last King of Scotland.
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