.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was expected to star Joaquin Phoenix metro ahead character, yet the star left just two weeks just before filming was due to start. James McAvoy, that took over for Phoenix, discussed this unique growth in a recent interview.Appearing on the Satisfied Sad Overwhelmed podcast, McAvoy stated Phoenix is actually an "remarkable actor," and also he will have participated in the character differently from the Scottish star. Split says to the story of a man (McAvoy) that has 23 various characters, therefore anyone could understand exactly how prep work sounds like it might be vital to participating in the duty well. But McAvoy said can be found in thus overdue in the process was one thing of an alleviation given that he could not over-prepare." I assume he will give a quite various efficiency to the one I performed. Yet I assume he 'd offer an astonishing performance. In some cases coming in eleventh hour is the very best technique," he mentioned. "I think he dropped it like pair of weeks before they began shooting. It was truly last minute. I had pair of weeks [to ready]" McAvoy went on to mention the Split manuscript was therefore properly put-together that he failed to battle a lot of to understand what he wanted to perform in the film, although he came in thus late. McAvoy stated there were actually a pair characters/personalities that "took a small amount longer to locate," however aside from that, he mentioned he failed to struggle too much to find his footing and also make the flick Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the final time Phoenix az quit of a movie right just before shooting, as he just recently gave up a Todd Haynes love movie only five times just before recording. A report pointed out Phoenix is actually probably to pay out a low-seven-figure expense as a make-good, considering sets were currently made as well as the movie was actually offered to distributors when he abruptly left.McAvoy superstars in the horror film Speak No Evil, which is in theaters now. As for Phoenix az, his upcoming major motion picture is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to theaters in October.In other news about McAvoy, the actor also talked about how he auditioned for and might have starred in the Harry Potter film series, yet selected to pass.