James McAvoy revealed that he was offered a retainer of £40,000 to potentially play Tom Riddle in the first 'Harry Potter', but declined the opportunity.
McAvoy explained, 'It was crazy, I'd hardly done any work...they wanted to put us on a retainer so they could hold us and keep us to choose later.'
He mentioned the weight of the decision, saying, 'If I had agreed to the retainer, I wouldn't have been able to do any work for around seven months.'
Reflecting on his career, he stated, 'I did that instead and got paid, I think, £275 a week...which was the making of me as an actor.'
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