.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was actually meant to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead character, yet the actor quit simply 2 full weeks just before filming resulted from start. James McAvoy, that took over for Phoenix metro, covered this uncommon progression in a current interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Baffled podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix is an "outstanding star," and he would possess played the personality differently coming from the Scottish actor. Split tells the tale of a guy (McAvoy) who possesses 23 different individuals, therefore any individual can know exactly how prep work sounds like it might be vital to participating in the job well. However McAvoy mentioned coming in so late while doing so was one thing of a relief due to the fact that he couldn't over-prepare." I believe he will offer a really various functionality to the one I did. But I assume he would certainly give an extraordinary performance. Often being available in eleventh hour is the most effective way," he claimed. "I believe he dumped it like two weeks before they began shooting. It was actually really last minute. I had 2 full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy happened to point out the Split manuscript was actually so well put-together that he didn't strain too much to understand what he wanted to perform in the film, although he can be found in therefore late. McAvoy mentioned there were actually a pair characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to find," but other than that, he claimed he really did not strain a lot of to find his footing as well as make the flick Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix az left of a film right just before filming, as he lately quit a Todd Haynes passion movie simply five times prior to recording. A record pointed out Phoenix is actually probably to spend a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were presently made and also the film was actually sold to representatives when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the scary film Communicate No Wickedness, which is in cinemas right now. When it comes to Phoenix metro, his following major film is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which pertains to theatres in October.In various other news regarding McAvoy, the star likewise talked about just how he auditioned for and also could possibly possess starred in the Harry Potter motion picture collection, yet picked to pass.