.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was actually expected to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead job, however the star left just pair of weeks before filming was due to begin. James McAvoy, who took over for Phoenix metro, covered this unusual advancement in a latest interview.Appearing on the Happy Sad Baffled podcast, McAvoy mentioned Phoenix is actually an "incredible star," and he will possess participated in the character differently from the Scottish star. Split informs the story of a male (McAvoy) who has 23 various individuals, thus any person might know just how preparation sounds like it might be crucial to participating in the task properly. Yet McAvoy said being available in so late at the same time was actually one thing of a relief since he could not over-prepare." I assume he would certainly give a really various performance to the one I carried out. However I believe he 'd give an awesome functionality. In some cases coming in eleventh hour is actually the best way," he said. "I presume he dumped it like two full weeks just before they began firing. It was definitely last minute. I possessed 2 weeks [to prep]" McAvoy took place to point out the Split script was thus well put-together that he didn't have a hard time excessive to comprehend what he wanted to do in the movie, despite the fact that he was available in thus late. McAvoy mentioned there were actually a married couple characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to find," but besides that, he mentioned he didn't have a hard time way too much to locate his footing and make the movie Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last time Phoenix metro dropped out of a movie right prior to shooting, as he lately gave up a Todd Haynes romance film only five days just before filming. A file said Phoenix az is probably to spend a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, considering sets were actually already made and also the flick was actually marketed to reps when he suddenly left.McAvoy stars in the scary film Speak No Misery, which is in theaters now. As for Phoenix, his next big flick is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to theatres in October.In other updates regarding McAvoy, the actor also explained exactly how he auditioned for as well as might possess starred in the Harry Potter movie series, however decided on to pass.