.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was actually supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix ahead role, yet the actor left merely pair of full weeks before filming resulted from start. James McAvoy, that managed for Phoenix metro, explained this unique progression in a latest interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy stated Phoenix metro is an "impressive star," and he will have played the character differently from the Scottish star. Split tells the tale of a guy (McAvoy) that possesses 23 various characters, thus anybody could comprehend just how preparation sounds like it might be critical to participating in the part well. Yet McAvoy said coming in so overdue while doing so was one thing of a relief considering that he could not over-prepare." I think he would certainly offer a quite various performance to the one I did. Yet I assume he would certainly provide an extraordinary performance. At times coming in last minute is actually the very best technique," he pointed out. "I think he dropped it like 2 full weeks before they began shooting. It was actually last minute. I had two full weeks [to prep]" McAvoy took place to mention the Crack script was thus effectively put-together that he really did not battle way too much to understand what he intended to perform in the film, even though he came in therefore late. McAvoy pointed out there were a couple characters/personalities that "took a bit longer to discover," but aside from that, he stated he failed to strain a lot of to find his footing and make the film Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the final time Phoenix metro left of a film right prior to shooting, as he lately quit a Todd Haynes love movie merely 5 days prior to recording. A document said Phoenix metro is actually very likely to pay a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, taking into consideration collections were actually already created and the flick was actually marketed to representatives when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the terror movie Communicate No Evil, which remains in cinemas currently. When it comes to Phoenix az, his next major flick is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which comes to theaters in October.In various other updates about McAvoy, the star also discussed just how he auditioned for and also can have starred in the Harry Potter movie set, however chose to pass.