James McAvoy Recalls Replacing Joaquin Phoenix On Split: “Ditched It 2 Weeks Before They Started”

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  1. > He’s an amazing actor. I think he’d give a very different performance to the one I did. Sometimes, coming in last minute is the best way. I think he ditched it like two weeks before they started shooting. It was really last minute. The script was well put together, so a lot of it was pretty clear what I actually wanted to do straight away. There was a couple of characters it took a little bit longer to find. Patricia came real quick, Dennis came real quick, Hedwig took a little while.

    > I hadn’t even found some of the characters and then it just came on really quick, and then Night actually said to me, “I want you to give Hedwig a speech impediment,” and I was like, “What, just at the last minute? You want me to just go for it?” and he was like, “Yeah, we need to try something.” So we did it in the readthrough and after one scene of doing it, were like, “Done!”

  2. HappyInstruction3678 on

    I’m shocked that the public is surprised Joaquin is eccentric. He’s always been “out there.”

  3. Couldn’t imagine anyone but James doing this role. Probably one of Night’s best films as well.

  4. I am confused by this. Didn’t McEvoy bulk up for this movie. Not much bulking you can do in two weeks.

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