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Watch James McAvoy adorably fail to say the word 'burglary'

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Description: James McAvoy appeared on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and demonstrated his difficulty in saying the word 'burglary'.

A national treasure in any accent.

Caitlin Welsh

on September 12, 2019

Watch James McAvoy adorably fail to say the word 'burglary'

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As a big fancy Hollywood star of blockbusters like the X-Men franchise and It Chapter Two and also the proud owner of a charming Scottish accent, James McAvoy has to work hard to keep that burr out of his voice when he's playing Brits and small-town Americans.

But as he explains to Stephen Colbert during his appearance on The Late Show on Wednesday night, there's one word too full of Rs for even his professional expertise: "Burglary." Watch him dissolve into giggles around 6 minutes into the above clip.

While he can't choke it out even in his own accent, he's also got a spot-on impression in his pocket of BFFs Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart, aka "Sirs Squared", for a story towards the end of the clip that's pure delight.

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.