.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was actually supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix az ahead character, yet the star quit only pair of weeks prior to shooting was because of begin. James McAvoy, that took control of for Phoenix, reviewed this unusual development in a recent interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Baffled podcast, McAvoy claimed Phoenix is actually an "fantastic star," and also he would certainly have participated in the character in a different way coming from the Scottish actor. Split tells the tale of a male (McAvoy) who has 23 different characters, so any individual can recognize how prep work seems like it might be crucial to playing the role effectively. Yet McAvoy said coming in therefore overdue while doing so was actually something of a comfort since he could not over-prepare." I believe he 'd offer an incredibly various performance to the one I did. Yet I assume he will provide an incredible performance. Sometimes being available in last minute is the most effective technique," he said. "I think he dumped it like two weeks just before they began shooting. It was actually definitely last minute. I possessed two full weeks [to prep]" McAvoy happened to state the Crack manuscript was actually therefore properly put-together that he failed to struggle too much to know what he desired to perform in the film, despite the fact that he came in therefore late. McAvoy pointed out there were a pair characters/personalities that "took a small amount longer to locate," however other than that, he mentioned he failed to have a hard time way too much to find his footing and make the film Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last time Phoenix metro dropped out of a film right just before recording, as he just recently gave up a Todd Haynes love movie merely 5 days just before recording. A report stated Phoenix metro is actually likely to pay a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were already produced and also the motion picture was marketed to reps when he suddenly left.McAvoy superstars in the terror film Talk No Misery, which is in cinemas right now. As for Phoenix, his following major film is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which comes to theatres in October.In various other headlines about McAvoy, the star additionally reviewed exactly how he auditioned for and also might possess starred in the Harry Potter film series, however chose to pass.