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James McAvoy Says He Signed on for ‘Split’ at the ‘Last Minute’ After Joaquin Phoenix Pulled Out: ‘I Think He Ditched It Two Weeks Before Shooting’


James McAvoy took over the lead role in "Split" after Joaquin Phoenix dropped out of the movie two weeks before filming, the actor says.

James McAvoy appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast to promote his villainous turn in the new horror movie “Speak No Evil,” but his revelation about M. Night Shyamalan’s “ Split ” has garnered attention on social media. Phoenix recently made headlines for pulling out of a new Todd Haynes movie five days before cameras were set to start rolling. While attending the Venice Film Festival earlier this month to world premiere “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Phoenix was asked about his decision to pull out of the Haynes movie and responded: “If I do [comment], I’d just be sharing my opinion from my perspective and the other creatives aren’t here to say their piece, and so I don’t think that would be helpful.”

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