United Kingdom, Oct. 14 -- James McAvoy felt "too socially awkward" to live with his Atonement castmates.

The 47-year-old actor had a "lot of fun" making the 2007 period drama but wasn't a fan of director Joe Wright's suggestion that the "key crew and main cast", which included Keira Knightley, Juno Temple, Benedict Cumberbatch and Vanessa Redgrave, all live in one house and share dinner together every night, so he desperately sought to come up with an excuse.

During an AMA session with fans on Reddit, James wrote when asked for a "fun story from Atonement": "Joe Wright, the director, wanted to live with some of the key crew and the main cast, and so everybody was in this one big house together.

"They had dinner together every night. T...