.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was actually expected to star Joaquin Phoenix az ahead job, but the actor quit only 2 full weeks before shooting was due to start. James McAvoy, that took over for Phoenix az, reviewed this unique growth in a recent interview.Appearing on the Happy Sad Overwhelmed podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix az is an "outstanding actor," and he would have participated in the personality in a different way coming from the Scottish star. Crack says to the tale of a man (McAvoy) who has 23 different characters, so anybody could know just how preparation sounds like it could be essential to playing the role properly. However McAvoy claimed coming in thus late at the same time was one thing of an alleviation since he couldn't over-prepare." I believe he will offer an extremely different performance to the one I performed. But I presume he will offer an unbelievable functionality. Sometimes being available in eleventh hour is actually the most effective way," he claimed. "I believe he ditched it like 2 weeks just before they began firing. It was actually truly last minute. I possessed pair of full weeks [to ready]" McAvoy took place to mention the Crack manuscript was actually so well put-together that he failed to strain way too much to comprehend what he would like to carry out in the film, although he was available in so late. McAvoy pointed out there were actually a married couple characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to find," however aside from that, he claimed he failed to battle way too much to find his ground and also create the flick Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final time Phoenix az left of a movie right prior to recording, as he lately stopped a Todd Haynes passion movie simply 5 times just before shooting. A file pointed out Phoenix metro is actually most likely to pay out a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, looking at sets were presently created as well as the film was actually marketed to representatives when he suddenly left.McAvoy celebrities in the terror movie Speak No Evil, which is in theatres now. When it comes to Phoenix, his upcoming huge film is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to theaters in October.In various other information concerning McAvoy, the actor additionally discussed just how he auditioned for and might have starred in the Harry Potter film series, but opted for to pass.