.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Crack was actually meant to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead job, however the star quit merely pair of weeks just before shooting resulted from start. James McAvoy, who consumed for Phoenix metro, reviewed this unique development in a current interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Overwhelmed podcast, McAvoy pointed out Phoenix is actually an "fantastic actor," and also he will possess played the personality in different ways from the Scottish star. Crack says to the story of a man (McAvoy) that possesses 23 different characters, thus any person could recognize how preparation sounds like it might be essential to playing the role properly. But McAvoy pointed out being available in therefore late at the same time was actually one thing of a relief because he couldn't over-prepare." I assume he 'd give a really various functionality to the one I performed. But I assume he will offer an awesome functionality. Often being available in last minute is the very best way," he said. "I think he abandoned it like two weeks just before they started firing. It was actually definitely eleventh hour. I had pair of full weeks [to prepare]" McAvoy went on to say the Crack script was so well put-together that he failed to struggle way too much to understand what he desired to do in the movie, although he can be found in thus overdue. McAvoy mentioned there were actually a couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to locate," however besides that, he said he failed to battle a lot of to locate his footing and also make the motion picture Shyamalan and Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last opportunity Phoenix metro left of a movie right just before shooting, as he recently gave up a Todd Haynes love movie merely 5 times prior to filming. A document claimed Phoenix az is likely to pay a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, looking at sets were actually made and the movie was actually sold to suppliers when he abruptly left.McAvoy stars in the terror flick Communicate No Misery, which resides in theaters now. As for Phoenix metro, his next big motion picture is actually Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which relates to theatres in October.In various other information concerning McAvoy, the star additionally explained how he auditioned for and also might have starred in the Harry Potter flick series, yet selected to pass.