{"id":148197,"date":"2025-09-11T00:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/actor-james-mcavoy-punched-in-toronto-bar-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T00:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:42:13","slug":"actor-james-mcavoy-punched-in-toronto-bar-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/actor-james-mcavoy-punched-in-toronto-bar-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor James McAvoy punched in Toronto bar: experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article 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href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/james-mcavoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James McAvoy<\/a> was reportedly punched at a Toronto bar on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/james-mcavoy-punched-by-man-bar-toronto-film-festival-exclusive-11806900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People journal<\/a>, the Scottish actor and director was apparently hit, unprovoked, by a patron at Charlotte\u2019s Room, situated on King Street West within the downtown space, mere blocks away from the place the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a> (TIFF) takes place.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Split<\/em> star had attended the premiere of his directorial debut, <em>California Schemin\u2019, at <\/em>TIFF along with his spouse Lisa Liberati on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tJames McAvoy and Lisa Liberati attend the premiere of \u2018California Schemin\u201d throughout the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Lightbox on Sept. 6, 2025 in Toronto.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tOlivia Wong \/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>McAvoy, 46, was reportedly having a few quiet drinks along with his producers when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Toronto police confirmed 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