.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix metro in the lead character, yet the actor dropped out merely 2 full weeks just before shooting was due to begin. James McAvoy, who consumed for Phoenix az, reviewed this unusual progression in a recent interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Baffled podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix is actually an "impressive actor," and also he would certainly possess played the character in different ways coming from the Scottish star. Crack says to the story of a male (McAvoy) that has 23 various individualities, so anyone can comprehend exactly how prep work seems like it might be vital to playing the role well. But McAvoy pointed out coming in thus late in the process was one thing of a relief since he couldn't over-prepare." I presume he 'd offer an incredibly various functionality to the one I did. But I assume he would certainly provide an astonishing functionality. At times being available in eleventh hour is the very best way," he stated. "I assume he abandoned it like 2 weeks prior to they started shooting. It was definitely last minute. I possessed two weeks [to ready]" McAvoy went on to point out the Split manuscript was so well put-together that he failed to struggle excessive to recognize what he desired to do in the movie, although he was available in so overdue. McAvoy claimed there were actually a couple characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to discover," but apart from that, he said he really did not have a hard time a lot of to locate his ground and also create the film Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last time Phoenix quit of a movie right prior to filming, as he lately stopped a Todd Haynes romance movie just 5 days before shooting. A record stated Phoenix az is actually likely to pay for a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, looking at collections were actually made as well as the motion picture was actually offered to distributors when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the scary motion picture Talk No Wickedness, which remains in theatres currently. When it comes to Phoenix az, his upcoming major motion picture is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which pertains to theatres in October.In other information concerning McAvoy, the actor additionally discussed how he auditioned for and also could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter film set, yet decided on to pass.