19. The Reason That Haley Joel Osment Landed His Part
While M. Night Shyamalan has said that Haley Joel Osment was
the best person for the role of Cole Sear, the director also added that Osment
had two other things in his favour that made him stand out from the rest of the
young boys auditioning for the role.
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One of those things was the fact that Haley was the only boy
at the auditions who wore a tie, and the other thing in his favour was that
Shyamalan was hugely impressed at the fact that the boy had read the entire
script three times the prior night.
When you compare this to someone like Michael Cera, who said
he didn’t even read the script fully, you can see why Haley Joel Osment stood
out from the pack.