James McAvoy says a lung biopsy complication left him ‘nearly’ dying

What was said

"They saw a shadow in my lung so they wanted to biopsy it to see if it was cancer which it wasn't which was great but that was botched and I nearly died cuz you got an infection. Yeah, I was at home two days later and my lungs just collapsed in bed one night and I was on my own as well."

Actor James McAvoy said on the Armchair Expert podcast that doctors investigated a “shadow” on his lung and performed a biopsy to check for cancer, which he said it was not. McAvoy said the procedure was “botched”, led to an infection, and that his lung collapsed at home two days later while he was alone, before he spent “two or three weeks” in hospital.