MOVIE NEWS – Haley Joel Osment loved working with Bruce Willis in M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 film The Sixth Sense. Spoiler alert! The supernatural horror film, which centers on a young boy named Cole (Osment) who sees dead people, is well known for its incredible, shocking twist ending. And as the psychological thriller continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Osment recalls how Willis called her to check in and left thoughtful messages for her co-star. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Osment said:
“I heard a lot from him after the movie came out in later years. He left a voicemail at my house every now and then, just to check on me. Sometimes he just called me out of the blue, sometimes in the period before the trip. If I remember correctly, we went to Japan together twice to open The Sixth Sense in different cities.”
Osment was nominated for an Academy Award at the age of 11 (Best Supporting Actor | 2000 Academy Award), but ultimately lost to Michael Caine – who was knighted in November of the same year – for his role in The Cider House Rules. Osment also spoke about Willis in the same interview (below):
“Sometimes I would come home from school and my answering machine would flash and it would be her saying, ‘Hey, Haley Joel. I’m just saying hi.’ I need to find those old answering machines. I know we kept them. I know his daughters a little, but I haven’t spoken to him since his health became known in recent years”.
Haley Joel Osment says working with Bruce Willis was ‘fantastic’
As Haley Joel Osment, now 36, looks back on The Sixth Sense, it seems natural that the child actor really enjoyed working with one of Hollywood’s A-list talents. To be sure, the on-screen chemistry between Osment and co-star Bruce Willis was undeniable. So it’s no surprise that the two actors got along great while working on M. Might Shyamalan’s masterpiece. Osment also told EW (below):
“It was fantastic. I had already worked with Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump and other big name actors, but by then I was old enough to have seen a lot of Bruce’s movies, which added a lot of excitement. And that’s something that stays with you throughout your career, when you get to work with people that you’ve already enjoyed watching in other things.”
Osment continued the conversation:
“And it had a big impact on me because it was the first gigantic celebrity I worked with at an age when I was still aware of his stardom. And he did everything so casually, and he had such charisma, and he was the person you wanted to see on set, setting the tone for the movie that we did, because things usually revolve around the number one person on the call list. It was a script that was very important to all of us and that we put a lot of energy into, and Bruce was at the forefront of that.”
In honor of the film’s 25th anniversary and to celebrate its spookiest season, The Sixth Sense will also be available on Hulu this October, and M. Night Shyamalan’s subtly “twisted” supernatural phenomenon will also be available on Max at the time of this writing. Unfortunately, however, The Sixth Sense is not scheduled to appear at AMC FearFest this year.
Source: Source: MovieWeb
