.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was actually supposed to star Joaquin Phoenix az ahead character, however the star dropped out just 2 full weeks prior to recording was due to begin. James McAvoy, who managed for Phoenix az, covered this unique growth in a recent interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy claimed Phoenix az is actually an "amazing star," and he will possess played the character in different ways from the Scottish star. Crack informs the tale of a male (McAvoy) who possesses 23 various personalities, so anyone can know just how prep work sounds like it might be crucial to playing the function well. But McAvoy mentioned can be found in therefore late at the same time was actually something of a comfort because he couldn't over-prepare." I presume he will give a quite various efficiency to the one I carried out. However I believe he would certainly offer an incredible functionality. Occasionally can be found in eleventh hour is the best method," he claimed. "I assume he abandoned it like pair of weeks prior to they started firing. It was truly last minute. I had pair of full weeks [to prep]" McAvoy took place to point out the Split manuscript was so well put-together that he really did not battle excessive to understand what he intended to carry out in the movie, even though he was available in so late. McAvoy said there were a pair characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to discover," however apart from that, he stated he really did not battle a lot of to discover his footing and also create the movie Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final opportunity Phoenix az dropped out of a film right just before recording, as he recently gave up a Todd Haynes passion film only 5 times just before shooting. A record stated Phoenix metro is likely to pay out a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were currently produced and also the movie was offered to distributors when he suddenly left.McAvoy stars in the scary film Communicate No Misery, which remains in theaters now. As for Phoenix, his next huge motion picture is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which pertains to movie theaters in October.In various other information about McAvoy, the star also talked about how he auditioned for and also might possess starred in the Harry Potter movie set, but picked to pass.