.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Split was meant to star Joaquin Phoenix metro in the lead character, however the star left simply 2 weeks just before filming resulted from begin. James McAvoy, that took over for Phoenix metro, covered this unique development in a latest interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Bewildered podcast, McAvoy pointed out Phoenix is actually an "outstanding star," as well as he would possess played the personality in different ways coming from the Scottish star. Crack informs the tale of a male (McAvoy) that has 23 different individualities, so any individual could possibly comprehend just how prep work sounds like it may be crucial to participating in the role properly. Yet McAvoy pointed out can be found in therefore overdue in the process was actually something of a relief considering that he couldn't over-prepare." I presume he 'd provide an incredibly different efficiency to the one I carried out. However I believe he 'd offer an extraordinary performance. Occasionally coming in eleventh hour is actually the greatest way," he claimed. "I presume he dropped it like 2 full weeks just before they started shooting. It was actually really last minute. I possessed two weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy happened to point out the Split script was actually therefore well put-together that he failed to battle excessive to recognize what he wished to perform in the film, even though he came in so overdue. McAvoy mentioned there were actually a married couple characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to discover," however other than that, he claimed he didn't battle too much to locate his ground as well as create the flick Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix metro left of a movie right just before shooting, as he lately gave up a Todd Haynes romance movie simply five times just before recording. A record said Phoenix is likely to pay out a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, looking at sets were actually created and the movie was sold to representatives when he quickly left.McAvoy celebrities in the terror flick Speak No Misery, which resides in theaters now. When it comes to Phoenix, his following huge flick is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to theatres in October.In various other information regarding McAvoy, the star likewise explained exactly how he auditioned for as well as could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter flick series, but selected to pass.