.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was actually expected to star Joaquin Phoenix ahead job, but the star quit merely two full weeks just before recording was due to begin. James McAvoy, who took over for Phoenix metro, reviewed this unique growth in a recent interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Puzzled podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix is actually an "impressive actor," and also he will possess played the character in a different way coming from the Scottish actor. Crack says to the tale of a male (McAvoy) that possesses 23 different characters, therefore anyone might recognize how preparation seems like it could be important to participating in the part properly. Yet McAvoy claimed being available in so overdue in the process was actually one thing of a comfort due to the fact that he couldn't over-prepare." I believe he 'd provide an extremely various performance to the one I carried out. However I presume he will give an unbelievable functionality. At times coming in eleventh hour is the most ideal means," he stated. "I think he abandoned it like 2 weeks just before they began shooting. It was really eleventh hour. I had 2 full weeks [to prep]" McAvoy happened to say the Split text was actually therefore properly put-together that he failed to have a hard time way too much to comprehend what he would like to perform in the movie, even though he came in so overdue. McAvoy mentioned there were actually a married couple characters/personalities that "took a bit longer to find," but aside from that, he stated he really did not have a hard time too much to locate his ground and also make the movie Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the last time Phoenix az quit of a film right before recording, as he lately stopped a Todd Haynes passion film just 5 times prior to recording. A record claimed Phoenix is probably to pay a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, considering collections were currently created and also the film was sold to reps when he abruptly left.McAvoy superstars in the scary movie Talk No Wickedness, which remains in theaters now. As for Phoenix, his next big film is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to movie theaters in October.In other headlines regarding McAvoy, the actor additionally reviewed just how he auditioned for and also could possess starred in the Harry Potter motion picture series, yet decided on to pass.