.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was intended to star Joaquin Phoenix az in the lead character, yet the actor left just 2 full weeks just before recording resulted from start. James McAvoy, that took over for Phoenix, explained this unusual progression in a current interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Bewildered podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix az is actually an "amazing star," and he would certainly possess participated in the character in different ways coming from the Scottish actor. Split informs the story of a man (McAvoy) that has 23 different characters, therefore anybody could possibly know just how planning seems like it might be vital to participating in the part effectively. However McAvoy mentioned can be found in therefore overdue at the same time was actually one thing of an alleviation considering that he couldn't over-prepare." I believe he will give an extremely various efficiency to the one I did. However I presume he will give an extraordinary functionality. Occasionally can be found in eleventh hour is actually the very best method," he said. "I think he ditched it like pair of full weeks prior to they started shooting. It was actually really last minute. I had 2 full weeks [to ready]" McAvoy went on to point out the Split script was actually so well put-together that he failed to have a hard time excessive to know what he wanted to do in the movie, despite the fact that he was available in therefore late. McAvoy pointed out there were a married couple characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to discover," but besides that, he said he failed to strain excessive to discover his footing as well as create the motion picture Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final time Phoenix quit of a movie right before shooting, as he recently stopped a Todd Haynes romance movie simply 5 days prior to shooting. A record pointed out Phoenix az is actually likely to spend a low-seven-figure cost as a make-good, thinking about collections were actually currently produced and also the film was sold to reps when he abruptly left.McAvoy celebrities in the terror flick Communicate No Wickedness, which remains in movie theaters right now. When it comes to Phoenix, his next huge flick is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which involves movie theaters in October.In various other information concerning McAvoy, the actor also covered exactly how he auditioned for as well as can have starred in the Harry Potter motion picture collection, but decided on to pass.