It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since M. Night Shyamalan released Haley Joel Osment Became household names thanks to The sixth sense “It was hard for us, and it was hard for Osment, too,” Osment told MovieWeb in our interview with the actor ahead of his new film. “I remember the experience of making this movie very well.” blink twice“It doesn't seem like that long ago.“But thinking about everything that's happened since that movie came out, I think it's been a quarter of a century already, so I'm really happy that it still finds an audience these days,” he added.
We didn't do any special events for [the 25th anniversary]“But on the 20th anniversary, Knight and I went to a screening of the movie at Hollywood Forever, and Jordan Peele did a Q&A afterwards… It was a really cool experience. A lot of them didn’t know the ending, and it wasn’t spoiled for them, which was also cool. So yeah, it’s really special to be a part of it.”
Ozment also spoke about staying in touch with the powerful players behind the The sixth senseincluding Bruce Willis, and a funny little link between blink twice Shyamalan's latest thriller, “I Didn't Talk to You” [Bruce] For a while, but I know his daughters a little bit. And in the years right after the movie, he was very good at keeping in touch, you know, Leaving messages on my answering machine at my house and stuff like that.“.”
“Nate and I have met over the years. I was just at his house, I think it was his 50th birthday party in Pennsylvania last summer. So there's something cool about that. [25th] The anniversary is that
We will both be showing movies in theaters at the same time.
During the month of August [
Blink Twice
and
Trap
]”So this is kind of fun.”
Strong memories of old cinema
since then The sixth sense Film as a medium has certainly evolved in some ways, while others have remained unchanged. “There have been a lot of technical changes that stick with me,” Osment says, reflecting on his decades-long career.We were shooting everything on film.“I have really strong memories of checking the gate and hearing the sound of the film going through the can. That's really different, not having more.” He continued:
“Then, just in terms of my age, I mean,
I felt very fortunate to have been exposed to so many amazing artists at a young age.
“I learned a lot from them. So the basic aspects of filmmaking and TV, character building and everything, have remained pretty much constant. And that's something that's not going to change much because of technology.”
Osment's new movie blink twice“The Big Bang Theory” is a good example of this. The thriller features a host of other big-name actors, including Channing Tatum, Kyle MacLachlan, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat, plus one who’s trying to direct this time (Zoe Kravitz). The darkly satirical plot centers on a reclusive tech billionaire who invites his new girlfriend to spend an extended vacation abroad on his remote island. Osment steals his scenes in the film. blink twice As one of Tatum's party-loving friends on the road, proving the actor hasn't missed a beat since his star-making role 25 years ago in The sixth sense.
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