Angus Macfadyen

Trivia

• Angus' first role was the role of Philip in the film made for television, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV).
• The film centers on a young man (Angus) who must tell his parents that he is gay.
• Playing the role of his father was fellow Scottish actor Brian Cox. Angus then acted in the television film 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993) (TV) and also on the television show "Takin' Over the Asylum" (1994) which was about a salesman who runs a radio station in an institution.
• This led to the biggest role of Angus's career.
• In 1995, Mel Gibson's epic classic, Braveheart (1995) was released, with Angus in the role of Robert the Bruce.
• Next to the flamboyantly hero of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce was the human character, the man who wanted to make the right choice, but was drawn to compromise.
• The brilliant portrayal of the Bruce was sadly unnoticed by any awards, a tragic insult to Angus's brilliant performance.
• After Braveheart (1995) won Best Picture, Angus's career was on a roll.
• He acted in independent film Nevada (1997), the action/fantasy Warriors of Virtue (1997), and the romantic comedy Still Breathing (1997).
• Regrettably, none of these matched up to Braveheart (1995)'s success. He moved on to Joseph's Gift (1998) which starred Freddy Rodríguez.

Quotes

• "It's an epic film. It really is life and death, and... darkness and the light"
• " Yeah, well, I think it's kind of set up in the film that even though you think he could save them, even when he tries to, it's set-up so it all seems a little too late. That was something we were discussing was how long do you wait and pause? Because if you've done that in one room, you know you can't do that in the next because otherwise it's going to be too late for that person. So we were having lots of debates. And also because each scene, you can't play them all the same. You've got to bu
• " It's an interesting character because he's kind of, a bit of a lost soul. He wavers. He's constantly drawn to the darker aspects of compromise and keeping the wealth and preserving the castles, the lands which he has, and all the wealthy people in the county."