“I said I wanted to be with my friends playing football and doing what kids do. “They asked me what I wanted to do and I said I didn’t know what I’d do – I might want to be a cartoonist, a vet or a fireman, because I didn’t know whether acting was definitely the thing for me. “My mum and dad sat me down and said that theatre schools were coming to talk about me and that I had options and one might be that I’d have had to board in London, leave my family and friends. James Robinson who played the young William Wallace in Braveheart “I had never acted and after the film came out, there was a lot of buzz
James said: “The only reason I’m acting is because of Braveheart, and I have a lot to thank Mel Gibson for. James, now 30, from Ayr, has worked on massive TV shows such as The Borgias and Babylon as well as films including The Wee Man, and is about to start a run with the National Theatre of Scotland.īut while he is delighted with his decision to postpone his acting career in the midst of the Wallace hype, he admits everything he has done in acting is down to his work on the movie.īraveheart is getting a special 20th anniversary relaunch on DVD and Blu Ray next week and the Record’s sister paper, the Sunday Mail, is giving away a free poster this weekend to mark the 20 years since Gibson started cameras rolling in Scotland.
He was deluged with offers after the film’s massive global success.īut instead of jumping on the Hollywood bandwagon, the young Scot turned them all down so he could enjoy his childhood, play football in the park with his pals and leave career choices until he was older.Īnd now, 20 years after he started work as the young Wallace in Mel Gibson’s modern classic, he is back acting and building a successful career on stage and screen. HE SHOT to fame as Scotland’s greatest hero.īut just as James Robinson found the world at his feet following a star turn as the young William Wallace in Braveheart, he decided to walk away from acting.
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