.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 mystery Split was actually intended to star Joaquin Phoenix az in the lead role, yet the star dropped out only 2 full weeks before recording was due to start. James McAvoy, who managed for Phoenix az, discussed this unusual development in a current interview.Appearing on the Delighted Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy said Phoenix is an "outstanding actor," and also he would certainly possess participated in the personality in a different way coming from the Scottish actor. Split informs the tale of a man (McAvoy) that possesses 23 various individualities, therefore anybody could comprehend just how prep work seems like it may be crucial to playing the role properly. But McAvoy mentioned being available in therefore overdue at the same time was actually one thing of a relief because he could not over-prepare." I believe he will offer an incredibly various performance to the one I carried out. But I believe he will give an extraordinary efficiency. Often coming in last minute is the most effective means," he said. "I believe he dumped it like 2 full weeks before they began firing. It was really eleventh hour. I possessed 2 weeks [to prep]" McAvoy took place to state the Crack manuscript was actually so well put-together that he failed to have a hard time a lot of to know what he wanted to carry out in the movie, although he can be found in so overdue. McAvoy said there were actually a couple characters/personalities that "took a small amount longer to find," but aside from that, he mentioned he didn't have a hard time way too much to discover his footing as well as make the motion picture Shyamalan and also Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the last time Phoenix az dropped out of a movie right before shooting, as he just recently stopped a Todd Haynes passion movie only 5 times before filming. A document said Phoenix is actually very likely to pay for a low-seven-figure expense as a make-good, taking into consideration collections were actually presently produced as well as the movie was actually marketed to representatives when he suddenly left.McAvoy celebrities in the scary film Communicate No Misery, which remains in theaters currently. As for Phoenix, his upcoming big film is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which involves movie theaters in October.In other headlines regarding McAvoy, the star likewise talked about how he auditioned for as well as could possess starred in the Harry Potter movie collection, however chose to pass.