JAMES MCAVOY NO MATCH FOR CRICKET

Scottish actor James McAvoy couldn’t pick up the British sport in Becoming Jane.

Cricket matches are very big in England but the sport is not practiced very much in Scotland where Becoming Jane star James McAvoy is from.

So when it came time to play a match with the lads on the set of the film shot in Ireland, James was at a loss.

“Oh, no, no, I’m from Scotland so anybody that plays cricket gets beaten up. No I really wasn’t big on cricket so all this kind of posturing and kind of confident bowling and pitching is all fake. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. We had a couple guys there show us what to do and that made it easier. But that was a shame because we filmed it in Ireland where nobody plays cricket so we all were a little bit lost to tell you the truth.”

Cricket may not be the national sport in Ireland but they are well known for their friendly pubs.

“What are you talking about? What are you suggesting? Yes I suppose I did sample a few pints of Guinness and it really does taste better in Ireland but not too much because working hard and all that you got to get to bed early.”

Becoming Jane was shot in Dublin as it’s Georgian architecture still resembles the essence of 1795 as well as Higginsbrook House in County Meath which doubled as the Austen home.