M. Night Shyamalan Aia i waenakonu o kahi hoʻi. ʻO ka mea kākau-luna o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni blockbuster Hōʻailona a Ka'UonoʻEono ua loaʻa ke ola hou i ka honua o ka weliweli o ka budget haʻahaʻa. "ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa o ka hana ʻana me nā waihona kālā liʻiliʻi he kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa koʻu," wahi a Shyamalan. "ʻAʻohe kaomi kālā, hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kaʻu mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o mua, a hiki iaʻu ke alualu i nā manaʻo i manaʻo ʻia he hōʻeha inā wau e hana ana i kahi kiʻi hoʻokahi haneli miliona kālā."

ʻO kā Shyamalan kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hope loa, 2015's 'O ka'ike, lawe mai i ka mea kākau-luna i kāna loiloi maikaʻi loa ma mua o ke anahulu. 'O ka'ike He kūleʻa kūleʻa nui nō hoʻi ia, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kāna moʻohelu hana ʻelima miliona. I kēia manawa ua noho hou ʻo Shyamalan me 'O ka'ikeka mea hoʻopuka, maven budget budget ʻo Jason Blum, ma mahae, kahi kiʻi hoʻoweliweli psychological i hoʻoulu ʻia e kā Shyamalan pīhoihoi lōʻihi me ka manaʻo o nā pilikino he nui. "Ua hoihoi wau i ka hana o ka lolo, a ua hoihoi mau ʻia au e DID [Dissociative Identity Disorder]," wahi a Shyamalan. "Pīhoihoi wau i nā mea o ka psychology a no ke aha mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai i ka mea a mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai."

In mahae, ʻO James McAvoy pāʻani ʻo Kevin, kahi kāne nona ka manaʻo i ʻoi aku ma mua o iwakālua mau ʻano pilikino, iwakāluakūmāhā pololei. "He hana paʻakikī ia, a makemake au i mea hana keaka me kahi mākau kupaianaha," wahi a Shyamalan. "Ua hui mua wau me James i kona wā e hoʻolaha ana i ka mea hope loa X-Men kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka 2015 Comic-Con, a i koʻu ʻike ʻana iā ia he hapalua ʻīniha o ka lauoho kona poʻo. Hāʻawi kēia iā ia i kahi hiʻohiʻona i maʻalahi ke maʻalahi i nā ʻano like ʻole, nā pilikino. Ua like ʻo ia me he mea lā hiki ke lilo i mea makemake ʻia e ia, i hemolele, e pili ana i ka mea aʻu e ʻimi nei. ”

I Kepakemapa, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kamaʻilio aku ai iā Shyamalan ma ke kelepona e pili ana i nā ʻano cinematic a me nā ʻenehana āna i lawe mai ai Mālama kāna hoihoi loa me ka psychology kanaka, a me ka loli ʻoihana kahaha i ʻike ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei.

DG: No hea ka manaʻo mahae hele mai mai?

M. Night Shyamalan: Ua manaʻo wau i kekahi mau makahiki. Mālama wau i nā puke pai, i piha me nā manaʻo no nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a ʻo kekahi o kēlā mau puke pai e piha ana i nā manaʻo e pili ana i nā maʻi pilikino hoʻokaʻawale. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau ʻia au iā DID, nā ʻano pilikino like ʻole, a me ka hana ʻana o ka lolo. 'Saylelo wauʻo kaʻu mana nui loa ka Ka Mania o na Keikihipa, ʻo ia kekahi o kaʻu mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni punahele.

DG: No hea mai nā ʻano pilikino o Kevin?

M. Night Shyamalan: Ua piha ʻo Kevin i kāna wā kamaliʻi i ka hoʻomāinoino a me nā ʻehaʻeha, a ua komo nā ʻano ʻokoʻa iā ia i nā manawa like ʻole i kona ola e kōkua iā ia e kūʻē i nā mea e hana nei iā ia. ʻO Kevin, ʻo Kevin maoli, he kāne lokomaikaʻi. Uhi ka pilikino i loko ona iā ia i ka laulā o ka naʻau. He leʻaleʻa nui kekahi o lākou, he poʻe leʻaleʻa, a ʻaʻole leʻaleʻa kekahi o lākou e puni.

DG: No ke aha ʻoe i koho ai iā James e hoʻokani i ke ʻano o Kevin?

M. Night Shyamalan: Ua maopopo iaʻu he hana koʻikoʻi kēia, a ua ʻike wau he pono wau i kahi mea hana keaka i loaʻa i nā mākau he nui. Makemake au i mea hana keaka i hiki ke loaʻa i kahi leo ʻūlū i loko o hoʻokahi hanana, i wahine ma kahi hōʻike ʻē aʻe. Makemake au i kahi mea hiki ke hoʻololi i ko lākou leo ​​ma loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni akā i ko lākou kino.

DG: Pehea e loli ai ke kino o Kevin i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

M. Night Shyamalan: ua hōʻike nā mea maʻi DID i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ko lākou kino kemika, e hoʻololi kino. ʻO ia e pili ana i ka hilinaʻi he haʻi ʻē aʻe ʻoe, ʻo ka mea mua, a laila e hoʻoleʻa ana he mana hiki ʻole kou. ʻO kahi laʻana, manaʻo paha nā mea maʻi DID he ikaika nui kā lākou, kahi e hāpai ai iā lākou i nā kaupaona kaumaha ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hāpai. Me Split, makemake wau e ʻimi i ka mea e hiki ke hana inā manaʻo ka mea maʻi DID e like me Kevin e loaʻa iā lākou nā mana kupua. He aha e hiki ai i kēlā manawa? Hiki paha? ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka palapala.

DG: Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i ka pilina o Kevin me kāna psychologist, ʻo Dr. Fletcher, i hoʻokani ʻia e Betty Buckley?

M. Night Shyamalan: Hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kōkua iā Kevin i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kāna mau pilikino āpau i hoʻokahi mea. Ua hana nui ʻo ia i ka noiʻi iā DID, a ʻike ʻo ia he hihia kupaianaha ʻo Kevin. Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi DID ke hoʻololi i ko lākou kino kemika, kahi manaʻo i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e kāna mau hoa. Kipa aku nā ʻano ʻokoʻa iā ia i nā manawa like ʻole. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia kekahi e ʻike iā Dr. Fletcher.

DG: Aia kekahi wehewehe kupanaha no ka mea e hana ʻia iā Kevin i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

M. Night Shyamalan: Maliʻa paha. Hiki i kēia mau mea maʻi me DID ke hoʻololi i ko lākou kino kemika. Manaʻoʻiʻo lākou i kēia. ʻO ka mea hoʻomanawanui e manaʻoʻiʻo lākou he paona paona he 250 paona e hōʻike i nā mana ikaika loa, e hōʻole ana i ka manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO ia ka mea e hana me nā mea maʻi DID. He aha inā inā manaʻo kekahi me DID he mana kupua kā lākou? ʻO ia ke ala aʻu i hele ai.

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