In a new interview, The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan has commented on the controversial ending of his film Glass.
"Well, in the end, that the simplest thing can take the strongest person down," Shyamalan said about the ending of Glass, which saw David Dunn (Bruce Willis) being drowned in a puddle. "That it’s like more of Achilles’ heel that, in the mythos of it, you don’t need an army to take down the strongest man if you know their weakness."
Glass was the long-awaited sequel to Unbreakable, and also served as a sequel to the separate Shyamalan feature Split. This superhero crossover brought Unbreakable's Dunn and Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) and Split's Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) together in an insane asylum. Here, a doctor, Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson), engages with the trio on extended ruminations on whether or not superpowered individuals actually exist.
The film received mixed marks from critics, with particular criticism being directed at the short shrift given to Unbreakable characters like Dunn and Price. The film fared better with the general public, who gave the project a B CinemaScore and took it to a successful $247 million worldwide box office total.
Director M. Night Shyamalan's Glass stars James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Beast, Bruce Willis as David Dunn, Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass and Sarah Paulson as Ellie Staple. It is now available on physical and digital media.
(Source: Uproxx)