.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was actually intended to star Joaquin Phoenix az in the lead role, yet the star dropped out just 2 weeks prior to filming was due to begin. James McAvoy, that consumed for Phoenix, discussed this uncommon progression in a recent interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Bewildered podcast, McAvoy stated Phoenix az is actually an "remarkable actor," as well as he would possess played the character differently coming from the Scottish actor. Split tells the story of a male (McAvoy) who possesses 23 different individualities, so any person might recognize just how planning sounds like it could be vital to playing the function well. However McAvoy pointed out coming in so late while doing so was something of a relief since he could not over-prepare." I presume he would certainly give an extremely various efficiency to the one I performed. But I believe he will offer a fabulous performance. At times being available in eleventh hour is the most effective means," he stated. "I presume he abandoned it like two weeks before they started firing. It was truly last minute. I possessed pair of full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy went on to point out the Split script was so effectively put-together that he failed to battle a lot of to understand what he would like to carry out in the movie, even though he can be found in therefore late. McAvoy claimed there were actually a pair characters/personalities that "took a little bit longer to locate," however other than that, he said he really did not strain way too much to locate his ground and also make the flick Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix metro dropped out of a film right just before recording, as he lately gave up a Todd Haynes romance film merely 5 days before filming. A report claimed Phoenix az is actually probably to pay for a low-seven-figure fee as a make-good, taking into consideration sets were presently created and also the movie was offered to distributors when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the scary movie Speak No Evil, which is in theaters right now. As for Phoenix az, his following significant flick is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which concerns cinemas in October.In other information about McAvoy, the star also went over exactly how he auditioned for and also can possess starred in the Harry Potter motion picture series, but picked to pass.