McAvoy starred in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2016 thriller as Kevin, a troubled man with dissociative identity disorder.
James McAvoy revealed that his participation in Split It only came about because Joaquin Phoenix He left the film two weeks before shooting.
In an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, released yesterday (September 13), host Josh Horowitz mentioned the fact that Phoenix was attached to the movie M. Night Shyamalan 2016 before being replaced by McAvoy, who played the lead role of Kevin, a troubled man suffering from dissociative identity disorder.
“I’m confident enough to think I’ll do better than him,” McAvoy joked, laughing. “He’s an amazing actor. I think he would do a very different performance than I do, but I think he would do an amazing performance.”.
He told Horowitz that “sometimes coming in at the last minute is the best way.” The situation prompted McAvoy to rush to prepare for the role. “I think he left two weeks before they started shooting.”he reveals. “It was really last minute.”
James McAvoy’s preparation for his roles
Like Phoenix, McAvoy has gone to great lengths to prepare for his roles. For his latest horror film, Speak No EvilThe Scottish actor revealed that he would do push-ups “five seconds before the take” to “tighten my shoulders, make my neck thicker and get the veins working.”
In the film, McAvoy plays Paddy, the patriarch of a British family who is hiding a dark secret. The actor has previously spoken about the character’s toxic masculinity, revealing that he was partly inspired by Andrew Tate.
Phoenix’s story comes after news broke last month that the actor had dropped out of a film Todd Haynes days before filming was due to begin. The film’s halt caused crew members to lose work and there is speculation that losses could exceed seven figures.
Source: Ambito
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