.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was meant to star Joaquin Phoenix ahead character, yet the star quit merely pair of weeks prior to shooting resulted from start. James McAvoy, that took over for Phoenix metro, discussed this unusual progression in a current interview.Appearing on the Satisfied Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy pointed out Phoenix metro is actually an "amazing actor," and also he will possess played the personality in a different way coming from the Scottish actor. Crack informs the story of a male (McAvoy) who has 23 different personalities, thus anyone could possibly recognize how preparation seems like it could be important to playing the part effectively. Yet McAvoy mentioned being available in therefore overdue in the process was something of a relief given that he could not over-prepare." I presume he will provide a really different functionality to the one I did. But I presume he 'd provide an astonishing efficiency. At times coming in eleventh hour is actually the greatest means," he claimed. "I think he left it like pair of weeks prior to they began shooting. It was actually definitely last minute. I possessed 2 full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy took place to mention the Crack manuscript was thus well put-together that he failed to have a hard time too much to know what he desired to carry out in the film, even though he can be found in therefore late. McAvoy stated there were a couple characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to discover," yet besides that, he said he really did not strain too much to find his footing and also create the flick Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix az quit of a film right before filming, as he lately gave up a Todd Haynes love movie merely 5 times prior to filming. A report claimed Phoenix metro is very likely to pay out a low-seven-figure cost as a make-good, looking at sets were actually already helped make as well as the flick was offered to distributors when he quickly left.McAvoy celebrities in the scary film Speak No Misery, which resides in cinemas currently. When it comes to Phoenix metro, his following large movie is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which concerns cinemas in October.In other updates concerning McAvoy, the actor additionally reviewed just how he auditioned for and might possess starred in the Harry Potter motion picture set, yet decided on to pass.