James McAvoy doesn't have plans to visit the world of Middle-earth, nor does he have any interest in creating iconic super spies. In other words, rumors that the "Wanted" star will have roles in the upcoming Ian Fleming biopic and Guillemo Del Toro's "The Hobbit" are exactly that — rumors.
While participating in press rounds for "The Last Station," McAvoy revealed to Collider that the word on the street about his possible turns as Bilbo Baggins and Ian Fleming are completely unfounded.
"I can squash the 'Hobbit' rumor right off the get-go," said McAvoy. "It's squashed, I promise you."
As for the rumored Ian Fleming biopic — a film in which McAvoy would play the mastermind and creator of James Bond, 007 — that news, too, is false.
"It's rumor," the actor confirmed. "Again, it's all a rumor. I've read the script — I read it a long time ago, though, and I never even spoke to the producers. I don't know where it's come from."
Despite the various falsehoods making the rounds about his future acting plans, McAvoy insisted that he wasn't upset by the rumors, mostly because the reports haven't been mean-spirited — but the fact that they are rumors and not facts does bother him a bit.
"It's kind of strange, it's not bad things you're hearing about yourself, but quite often you're just hearing things that aren't true," he said. "As much as they're not bad things, there's a part of you that goes, 'But it's not true!' It's like you're saying that I like coffee instead of tea. It's not that big of a deal — it's just not true!"
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