.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was actually expected to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead character, but the actor quit simply two full weeks just before shooting was due to begin. James McAvoy, who took control of for Phoenix metro, covered this unusual development in a recent interview.Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix is an "remarkable actor," and he will possess played the personality differently coming from the Scottish star. Split tells the tale of a guy (McAvoy) who has 23 different personalities, so anyone might comprehend exactly how planning sounds like it could be important to playing the function well. Yet McAvoy mentioned coming in therefore overdue at the same time was actually one thing of a relief since he couldn't over-prepare." I presume he would certainly offer a very different efficiency to the one I did. However I believe he would certainly offer an unbelievable functionality. Occasionally being available in last minute is the most ideal means," he stated. "I assume he left it like two full weeks before they began shooting. It was actually actually last minute. I had pair of full weeks [to prep]" McAvoy went on to point out the Split manuscript was so well put-together that he didn't have a hard time too much to know what he desired to carry out in the film, despite the fact that he can be found in therefore overdue. McAvoy stated there were actually a pair characters/personalities that "took a small amount longer to locate," yet besides that, he stated he didn't have a hard time excessive to locate his footing as well as create the movie Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final time Phoenix dropped out of a movie right before recording, as he lately stopped a Todd Haynes romance movie simply 5 days prior to recording. A record claimed Phoenix metro is probably to pay out a low-seven-figure cost as a make-good, taking into consideration collections were actually actually created and also the movie was offered to distributors when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the terror motion picture Communicate No Misery, which is in cinemas right now. As for Phoenix, his following large film is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which comes to theatres in October.In other updates about McAvoy, the star likewise explained exactly how he auditioned for and could possibly possess starred in the Harry Potter movie collection, yet chose to pass.