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James McAvoy says he couldn't wait to leave Scotland over 'racial and sexist abuse'

X-Men star James McAvoy has admitted he was eager to leave Scotland after racial abuse was hurled at his female co-stars on stage during a theatre performance.

Earlier this year, the Scottish actor performed a two-week run of Cyrano de Bergerac in Glasgow and was left 'scunnered' after most of the women of colour dealt with sexually explicit and violent' abuse on a 'daily basis', the Daily Record reports.

He admitted to British GQ he was 'shocked and saddened' by the behaviour of locals - branding the experience as 'horrible' - and was 'delighted' to get to the States for the next run of the show.

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