.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was intended to star Joaquin Phoenix az in the lead character, but the actor left simply pair of weeks just before filming was because of start. James McAvoy, who consumed for Phoenix, reviewed this unique advancement in a latest interview.Appearing on the Happy Sad Bewildered podcast, McAvoy mentioned Phoenix is actually an "amazing actor," and also he will have participated in the character in a different way coming from the Scottish actor. Crack says to the tale of a man (McAvoy) who has 23 various characters, so anybody can recognize just how planning seems like it could be critical to playing the duty effectively. However McAvoy claimed can be found in thus overdue in the process was one thing of an alleviation considering that he could not over-prepare." I assume he will provide a quite different performance to the one I did. Yet I presume he 'd offer an amazing efficiency. Sometimes coming in last minute is actually the greatest means," he claimed. "I presume he discarded it like two full weeks before they began firing. It was actually eleventh hour. I possessed pair of weeks [to prep]" McAvoy took place to claim the Split text was so effectively put-together that he failed to struggle too much to understand what he desired to do in the movie, even though he can be found in so late. McAvoy mentioned there were actually a pair characters/personalities that "took a bit longer to discover," however aside from that, he said he really did not battle a lot of to locate his footing and also create the flick Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final opportunity Phoenix az dropped out of a movie right prior to shooting, as he lately quit a Todd Haynes passion film merely 5 days prior to recording. A document said Phoenix az is actually very likely to pay out a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, looking at sets were actually presently made and also the flick was marketed to suppliers when he abruptly left.McAvoy superstars in the horror flick Speak No Evil, which remains in cinemas currently. When it comes to Phoenix, his following large film is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to theatres in October.In various other news about McAvoy, the star likewise discussed how he auditioned for and can possess starred in the Harry Potter film series, yet opted for to pass.