.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Split was actually supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix az in the lead character, yet the actor quit simply 2 weeks prior to shooting was due to start. James McAvoy, who consumed for Phoenix metro, covered this unusual development in a latest interview.Appearing on the Satisfied Sad Bewildered podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix is actually an "incredible actor," and he will have participated in the character in different ways from the Scottish actor. Crack says to the story of a guy (McAvoy) who has 23 various individuals, therefore anybody could possibly recognize just how preparation sounds like it may be crucial to participating in the duty properly. However McAvoy said coming in thus overdue in the process was something of a comfort due to the fact that he could not over-prepare." I think he 'd offer a quite various functionality to the one I performed. However I think he will provide an amazing efficiency. Occasionally being available in last minute is actually the most effective method," he claimed. "I believe he ditched it like two weeks prior to they started shooting. It was definitely last minute. I had pair of full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy took place to point out the Crack manuscript was therefore effectively put-together that he failed to struggle a lot of to know what he intended to do in the movie, even though he can be found in so overdue. McAvoy said there were actually a couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to locate," however other than that, he stated he didn't strain excessive to locate his footing as well as make the movie Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix left of a movie right before recording, as he lately gave up a Todd Haynes passion movie just five times prior to filming. A file mentioned Phoenix metro is very likely to spend a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, thinking about sets were currently helped make as well as the movie was sold to representatives when he suddenly left.McAvoy stars in the horror movie Speak No Misery, which remains in theatres currently. As for Phoenix metro, his next major film is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which comes to cinemas in October.In various other updates concerning McAvoy, the actor also talked about exactly how he auditioned for as well as might have starred in the Harry Potter motion picture collection, but picked to pass.