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Episode 142: The Sixth Sense

Beyond the Screenplay

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I Think It's Hard to Create a Creepy Scene With the Cutest Looking Kid

I think it's a really interesting example of kind of casting against type in a way to have a leap be as I think I said, you know, it's like this cute beautiful blonde boy who just seems like such a wonderful like warm presence. And he does in this movie with the stuttering Stanley scene gets a little creepy. You know, there's an unnerving quality, but the more difficult thing is to have a child and a performance that we'd like really, really care about and really feel for and really identify with. So I think he made the right choice.

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