.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Crack was actually expected to star Joaquin Phoenix metro in the lead character, however the actor left just pair of full weeks just before recording was because of start. James McAvoy, who took control of for Phoenix az, covered this unusual progression in a recent interview.Appearing on the Happy Sad Puzzled podcast, McAvoy pointed out Phoenix is actually an "remarkable star," and also he would have participated in the character differently coming from the Scottish actor. Crack says to the story of a guy (McAvoy) that possesses 23 various personalities, thus any person could possibly know just how planning sounds like it might be crucial to participating in the duty well. However McAvoy said coming in therefore late at the same time was something of a comfort given that he couldn't over-prepare." I believe he will offer a really different performance to the one I did. Yet I presume he 'd provide an astonishing functionality. Often being available in eleventh hour is actually the most ideal way," he said. "I think he dropped it like two weeks before they started firing. It was definitely eleventh hour. I had pair of full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy took place to mention the Crack text was thus properly put-together that he really did not struggle excessive to recognize what he wanted to do in the movie, despite the fact that he came in thus late. McAvoy claimed there were actually a married couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to discover," yet other than that, he mentioned he didn't strain a lot of to find his footing and create the film Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the final opportunity Phoenix dropped out of a movie right prior to recording, as he just recently stopped a Todd Haynes passion film only five days prior to shooting. A report pointed out Phoenix metro is actually very likely to pay for a low-seven-figure cost as a make-good, considering sets were actually currently produced and the movie was sold to suppliers when he quickly left.McAvoy stars in the terror flick Speak No Wickedness, which is in movie theaters currently. As for Phoenix metro, his following big film is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which pertains to movie theaters in October.In various other information about McAvoy, the actor also explained just how he auditioned for and also can possess starred in the Harry Potter motion picture series, but chose to pass.