.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was meant to star Joaquin Phoenix az ahead role, yet the actor dropped out merely 2 full weeks prior to recording resulted from begin. James McAvoy, that took control of for Phoenix az, covered this unique progression in a recent interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy stated Phoenix az is an "fantastic star," and also he will possess participated in the character in different ways from the Scottish actor. Crack tells the tale of a man (McAvoy) that has 23 different characters, thus anybody could possibly understand just how prep work sounds like it might be critical to participating in the job properly. But McAvoy claimed being available in so overdue in the process was actually one thing of an alleviation due to the fact that he couldn't over-prepare." I assume he 'd give a very different efficiency to the one I performed. However I assume he 'd provide an incredible functionality. Sometimes coming in eleventh hour is the best method," he stated. "I presume he left it like two full weeks before they started firing. It was truly last minute. I had 2 weeks [to prep]" McAvoy went on to mention the Split script was therefore effectively put-together that he failed to strain too much to comprehend what he wanted to perform in the movie, even though he was available in therefore late. McAvoy pointed out there were actually a couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to locate," yet besides that, he stated he failed to strain a lot of to locate his ground and also create the flick Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the final opportunity Phoenix metro left of a movie right just before shooting, as he lately quit a Todd Haynes passion movie simply 5 times just before recording. A record said Phoenix is probably to pay a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were actually helped make and the film was sold to reps when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the scary film Communicate No Misery, which is in theatres right now. As for Phoenix az, his next big flick is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which involves cinemas in October.In other information regarding McAvoy, the actor also went over how he auditioned for and also could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter flick collection, but decided on to pass.