.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead character, however the actor quit only 2 full weeks before filming resulted from start. James McAvoy, who consumed for Phoenix az, explained this unique growth in a latest interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Puzzled podcast, McAvoy claimed Phoenix az is actually an "outstanding actor," and he would certainly have played the character differently coming from the Scottish star. Crack says to the story of a man (McAvoy) who has 23 different individuals, thus anybody can understand exactly how preparation seems like it may be crucial to playing the function well. Yet McAvoy stated being available in therefore late in the process was one thing of a relief given that he could not over-prepare." I believe he would certainly give a very different efficiency to the one I did. But I think he 'd offer an extraordinary performance. Occasionally coming in last minute is actually the most effective method," he claimed. "I presume he left it like two full weeks just before they began shooting. It was actually actually eleventh hour. I had two full weeks [to prep]" McAvoy went on to state the Split text was actually thus properly put-together that he really did not strain way too much to know what he would like to do in the movie, despite the fact that he was available in so overdue. McAvoy claimed there were a pair characters/personalities that "took a bit longer to find," but other than that, he said he didn't have a hard time too much to find his ground and create the film Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the last opportunity Phoenix left of a film right before shooting, as he just recently quit a Todd Haynes passion movie simply five days before recording. A record said Phoenix metro is likely to pay for a low-seven-figure cost as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were already created and the motion picture was actually offered to reps when he abruptly left.McAvoy stars in the horror film Communicate No Wickedness, which resides in movie theaters currently. When it comes to Phoenix metro, his next large flick is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which involves theatres in October.In other news regarding McAvoy, the star also discussed how he auditioned for as well as could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter flick series, yet picked to pass.