.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Split was meant to star Joaquin Phoenix metro in the lead job, but the star left just 2 full weeks before filming resulted from begin. James McAvoy, that managed for Phoenix az, covered this unique growth in a recent interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix metro is actually an "outstanding star," as well as he would possess played the personality differently from the Scottish actor. Split informs the story of a male (McAvoy) who has 23 different individuals, so any individual could possibly know just how planning seems like it might be important to playing the job properly. However McAvoy pointed out being available in so overdue in the process was one thing of a comfort due to the fact that he couldn't over-prepare." I think he would certainly give a very various performance to the one I carried out. But I believe he 'd offer an astonishing performance. Often can be found in eleventh hour is the most effective way," he claimed. "I think he dumped it like 2 weeks just before they began firing. It was actually actually eleventh hour. I possessed pair of weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy took place to point out the Split manuscript was actually thus effectively put-together that he failed to strain too much to comprehend what he wanted to do in the film, although he came in therefore late. McAvoy stated there were actually a couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to locate," however other than that, he mentioned he didn't battle excessive to find his footing and also create the motion picture Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix az dropped out of a movie right just before filming, as he recently stopped a Todd Haynes love movie only 5 days before shooting. A report stated Phoenix metro is actually very likely to pay for a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, thinking about sets were actually already created as well as the movie was actually sold to suppliers when he quickly left.McAvoy superstars in the scary film Communicate No Misery, which resides in movie theaters currently. When it comes to Phoenix metro, his upcoming major film is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to cinemas in October.In various other information concerning McAvoy, the actor also talked about how he auditioned for and could possibly possess starred in the Harry Potter motion picture collection, but chose to pass.