California Schemin’: James McAvoy’s ‘assured’ directing debut is a ‘blast’

California Schemin’: James McAvoy’s ‘assured’ directing debut is a ‘blast’

For his “assured directing debut”, the actor James McAvoy has chosen the true story of two rappers from Dundee, who pulled off one of the most audacious hoaxes in recent music history, said Brian Viner in the Daily Mail. In the early 2000s, old friends Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd were working in sales while trying to break into the music business. They were convinced they had the chops to make it, but when they pitched their work to record compani…