James McAvoy reveals he injured himself holding woman upside down during ‘orgy’

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“The second last day of filming ended with about nine of us doing an orgy scene. An improvised f–king orgy scene,” said the star. “It was hardcore dancing, everybody is on drugs, we had all drunk loads of whisky and there was loads of kissing, groping and disrobing.“There’s this amazing Spanish actor called Almudena Amor and we had to go at it with each other.

We had to be funny with it but properly go for it and we were both in the same headspace. So, we get to this improvised orgy and she’s bigger than me, she’s like 5ft 11in.”McAvoy, who stands at 5ft 7, continued: “At one point I was holding her upside down and we were doing some weird thing and somebody grabbed me on the back of the neck to start biting my neck.”The grab led to the actor losing his balance, and as a result he took a major tumble.“I just decked it and smashed my knee real hard on the ground,” he added. “I think that’s the only time I’ve been injured making a film.”McAvoy’s height has been a problem in the past with the star previously revealing that he’s been turned down for a number of movie roles because of it.“As a shorter man, I sometimes get told I’m too short for a role,” he told The Telegraph in 2019. “Or even when I get a role, I’m made to feel like, well, of course, we’re going to have to do something about that,” the 40-year-old added.He was referencing an unnamed female co-star who said their on-screen relationship seemed unlikely because of their height difference.She reportedly questioned McAvoy’s casting “because nobody would believe (the character) would be with someone like her”.“That was a kick in the nuts,” he admitted.“I was like, ‘All right, now I’ve got to pretend that I really like you for eight more weeks.