James McAvoy: Try Hard With a Vengeance

The Scottish actor says he and his fellow thesps harbor a secret desire

“I think inside all actors there’s a kid who secretly yearns to jump off buildings and say ‘Yippeekayay, motherf--ker!’ ”

—James McAvoy, explaining to Details what prompted him to take a role opposite Angelina Jolie in the violent shoot-'em-up Wanted. Frankly, as much as we like a good Die Hard reference, we would have accepted "Angelina Jolie" as an answer.