.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was actually supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead job, yet the actor quit merely 2 full weeks before shooting was because of start. James McAvoy, who consumed for Phoenix az, discussed this uncommon progression in a latest interview.Appearing on the Satisfied Sad Puzzled podcast, McAvoy pointed out Phoenix az is actually an "fantastic actor," and also he would certainly have participated in the character differently coming from the Scottish star. Split tells the tale of a guy (McAvoy) who has 23 different individualities, therefore anyone can recognize just how prep work sounds like it might be essential to playing the part properly. But McAvoy said coming in thus late at the same time was actually one thing of an alleviation because he could not over-prepare." I presume he will give an extremely different performance to the one I carried out. But I think he would certainly offer an incredible performance. At times being available in last minute is the greatest method," he mentioned. "I assume he dumped it like 2 full weeks just before they began firing. It was actually last minute. I had pair of weeks [to ready]" McAvoy went on to mention the Split text was actually thus properly put-together that he failed to have a hard time too much to know what he desired to perform in the movie, although he came in therefore late. McAvoy pointed out there were a couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to locate," however apart from that, he said he didn't have a hard time excessive to discover his ground and also create the movie Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the last time Phoenix metro dropped out of a movie right prior to shooting, as he lately quit a Todd Haynes passion film merely five days just before shooting. A file mentioned Phoenix az is probably to spend a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, thinking about sets were already produced and also the flick was actually sold to distributors when he suddenly left.McAvoy celebrities in the horror motion picture Talk No Evil, which remains in cinemas right now. When it comes to Phoenix, his upcoming big flick is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which concerns movie theaters in October.In various other updates regarding McAvoy, the actor additionally talked about exactly how he auditioned for and also can have starred in the Harry Potter movie collection, yet chose to pass.