M. Night Shyamalan Calls Bruce Willis His ‘Big Brother’ As He Reflects On The Hollywood Veteran’s Aphasia Diagnosis
M. Night Shyamalan opened up about his longtime friendship with Bruce Willis, with whom he first collaborated on the 1999 psychological thriller The Sixth Sense.
After working together on four films over the past two decades, the visionary filmmaker, 52, said he considers the 67-year-old Hollywood veteran his “big brother.”
“To him to be so pivotal in my life and starting my career means a lot,” Shyamalan said. the hollywood reporter. Our families are also very close.
Sweet: M. Night Shyamalan opened up about his longtime friendship with Bruce Willis, with whom he first collaborated on the 1999 psychological thriller The Sixth Sense; seen in 2019
Shyamalan, who was born in India and raised in Pennsylvania, continued: “I will always think of him as a big brother and remember how much he protected me.”
Assenting to Willis’ aphasia diagnosis, the Padma Shri Award winner said “the things that are happening to him are happening to a family member.”
“He’s a real movie star,” the director said of Willis. I’m not being self-deprecating here, but I’m kind of nerdy and boring most of the time. But when I first hung out with him, I felt the electric charm of this handsome blue-collar guy.
Like family: After working together for more than two decades on three films, the visionary filmmaker, 52, said he considers the 67-year-old Hollywood veteran his ‘big brother’ (pictured in 2017)
“For him to be so pivotal in my life and starting my career means a lot,” Shyamalan told The Hollywood Reporter. ‘Our families are very close too’ (seen in 2017)
The father-of-four said the Die Hard star, who announced his retirement from acting last year, “could rule a room with his humor and charm.”
In addition to The Sixth Sense, the pair collaborated on Unbreakable, Split, and Glass.
Last month, a source said online radar that his family is ‘praying for a Christmas miracle’ with him as his mental facilities continue to decline.
The father of four said the Die Hard star, who announced his retirement from acting last year, “could rule a room with his humor and charm” (seen in 2000).
Awesome: In addition to The Sixth Sense, the pair collaborated on Unbreakable, Split, and Glass (seen in 1999)
“They know it won’t be around forever,” the unnamed source said. “So they’re cherishing every moment.”
Willis’ eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, 34, recently announced that she is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Vista Kicks frontman Derek Richard Thomas, 36.
The couple made the initial announcement in late December by posting a series of images showing the musician resting his head on Rumer’s stomach, looking elated.
Shyamalan and Willis appear at right at the 2019 premiere of Glass
This will be the first grandchild for Demi Moore and Bruce.
The A-listers were one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood during their mutual heyday of the ’90s, marrying in 1987 and breaking up in 2000.
Rumer and Derek went Instagram official as a couple in November, but they’ve been a couple for a while.