.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was actually intended to star Joaquin Phoenix metro ahead character, yet the star left just pair of weeks prior to filming was due to start. James McAvoy, who took control of for Phoenix metro, explained this unusual advancement in a current interview.Appearing on the Satisfied Sad Overwhelmed podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix metro is an "impressive star," and he would certainly have played the personality differently from the Scottish actor. Split informs the story of a guy (McAvoy) that has 23 various individuals, thus any person could know just how planning sounds like it could be important to participating in the function properly. But McAvoy claimed being available in therefore overdue in the process was actually something of a comfort because he could not over-prepare." I assume he 'd give an incredibly different performance to the one I performed. But I think he will provide a fabulous efficiency. Often being available in eleventh hour is the best way," he stated. "I assume he abandoned it like two full weeks prior to they began firing. It was really last minute. I had pair of weeks [to prep]" McAvoy went on to claim the Crack text was actually therefore properly put-together that he really did not strain way too much to comprehend what he intended to perform in the movie, despite the fact that he came in so overdue. McAvoy claimed there were actually a married couple characters/personalities that "took a small amount longer to discover," but aside from that, he said he didn't strain a lot of to discover his footing as well as make the flick Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final opportunity Phoenix metro dropped out of a film right before shooting, as he recently gave up a Todd Haynes love movie only five times prior to shooting. A report mentioned Phoenix az is probably to pay a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were already helped make and the flick was offered to suppliers when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the horror film Communicate No Evil, which remains in theaters now. When it comes to Phoenix, his next major film is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which involves cinemas in October.In other news about McAvoy, the star additionally went over how he auditioned for and could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter motion picture series, yet opted for to pass.