.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Split was expected to star Joaquin Phoenix ahead role, but the actor quit only 2 weeks just before filming was due to start. James McAvoy, who took over for Phoenix az, reviewed this unique progression in a recent interview.Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy mentioned Phoenix az is actually an "impressive star," and also he would certainly possess participated in the character differently from the Scottish actor. Crack tells the tale of a guy (McAvoy) that has 23 different characters, so any person could possibly understand exactly how planning sounds like it may be vital to playing the duty well. Yet McAvoy mentioned being available in therefore overdue while doing so was actually something of an alleviation because he could not over-prepare." I presume he 'd give an incredibly various performance to the one I did. Yet I presume he would certainly provide an amazing performance. Often being available in eleventh hour is actually the very best technique," he mentioned. "I presume he dumped it like pair of weeks just before they began shooting. It was truly eleventh hour. I had pair of full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy took place to mention the Split manuscript was so well put-together that he didn't struggle too much to know what he wanted to carry out in the movie, even though he can be found in therefore overdue. McAvoy stated there were a pair characters/personalities that "took a bit longer to find," yet in addition to that, he mentioned he failed to battle too much to locate his ground as well as make the flick Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the final time Phoenix metro left of a film right prior to recording, as he just recently gave up a Todd Haynes love movie simply 5 days before filming. A report claimed Phoenix is actually likely to pay a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, looking at sets were presently made and also the film was actually offered to representatives when he suddenly left.McAvoy superstars in the horror flick Talk No Wickedness, which resides in theaters currently. When it comes to Phoenix metro, his upcoming big motion picture is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which concerns movie theaters in October.In other information regarding McAvoy, the star also discussed exactly how he auditioned for as well as could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter film collection, but selected to pass.