‘I’ve failed, badly – and I’m good with it’: James McAvoy on class, comfort and carnage

He is a funny character, James McAvoy. I meet him in one of those fancy Soho hotels where the cast of films that are about to be massive assemble so they can all be interviewed on the same day. And McAvoy’s new psychological thriller, Speak No Evil, will be massive. A remake of the 2022 Danish original, it is just as terrifying, with one difference. McAvoy, 45, is personable and urbane. He is wearing a suit, but looks like a …