In the version of "The Sixth Sense," which Hugo was known, Bruce Willis played Malcolm, Haley Joe Osmond played Cole, and Toni Colette (Toni) Collette) played the role of her mother, Lynn.

The huge success of "The Sixth Sense" is inseparable from the excellent performance of the three actors, because the story itself is full of rich emotions, and in the absence of a complete story line, it is more about the ups and downs of emotions to connect the whole movie, and the performance of the actors also maintains the quality of the finished product, which is somewhat similar to "Before Sunrise".

Of the three actors, Toni is a standout actor active in the field of independent films, relying on "Muriel's" before the "sixth sense." Wedding)" won the Australian Academy Award and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy. Later, Toni became best known as "Little." Miss。 Sunshine)" and relied on the TV series "The Wrong Life" (The. United。 States。 Of。 Tara)" won an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

Toni is the kind of actor who has not become popular, but has relied on her solid and excellent acting skills to break through, she rarely appears in commercial blockbusters, almost all of her works are independently produced works, and her plain and profound acting methods have been compared by many people with Julianne Moore.

In "The Sixth Sense", Tony's performance is very good, fully showing a mother who is struggling but loves her child wholeheartedly. In fact, the space given to Toni in the movie is very limited, but she still showed her performance that has received numerous praises in the future. The film not only earned Toni an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but also became a stepping stone for her to enter Hollywood.

Haley is undoubtedly the biggest discovery in the "sixth sense", the child star who once played the little Forrest Gump in "Forrest Gump", shows Cole's inner struggle and fragility, dazed but determined traits vividly, especially Cole's kind of eyes that strive to maintain a positive eye surrounded by fear, which moves every audience, and almost all the emotional flashpoints in the entire movie become convincing under Haley's interpretation.

Now Haley is an actor under the Endeavor Elite Agency, Hugo previously cooperated with Haley on "Independence Day", and he saw the unlimited potential of this little guy, his spirituality and understanding can be called rare among child stars, and many film critics will call his performance in "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" "the best of child stars", which shows that he has a high esteem.

Haley relied on his "sixth sense" to not only be nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but also focused almost the entire film on him - it is worth noting that he is a supporting actor, not the leading actor, but after watching the movie, many people will have the illusion that Cole is the protagonist of the movie. The same is true of Hugo himself.

On the one hand, it was because Haley was doing well, but on the other hand, it was because Malcolm was not able to live up to expectations.

Bruce played the role of Malcolm, first of all, we must affirm his interpretation of this role, which is also one of the important links in the success of the movie, but unfortunately, Bruce's ability is limited and he has not been able to really dig out the connotation of Malcolm's character.

Just like Brad Pitt's performance in "The Seven Deadly Sins", the role has a lot of room to play and is the absolute first actor, but in the process of interpretation, Brad was not able to really interpret the role, just completed the task in a decent manner, without mistakes, but also without brilliance. So, in the "Seven Deadly Sins", Anonymous stole all the light - and similarly, the one who made the most impression in "The Sixth Sense" was Cole.

Throughout Bruce's career, he has never been known for his acting skills, but more as an action actor to win people's affection. The "Die Hard" series is his work of fame. But in fact, Bruce still has some acting skills, and he once made a cameo appearance in "Friends" and won an Emmy.

Bruce is very suitable for playing the down-and-out man in mid-life crisis, he can show the weakness and embarrassment hidden by ordinary men, but unfortunately, Bruce's interpretation ability is limited - not to the extent of facial paralysis, and it is not far away, he can only show the loneliness, depression and fragility of the depressed middle age, and it is easy to float on the surface and cannot carry out more delicate excavation. In fact, in "Die Hard", Bruce plays the image of such a middle-aged man, and when this image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, almost any work he starred in, it is such an image, which can see Bruce's limitations.

In "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural", the reason why the audience's sense of substitution is so strong is because Malcolm himself is also a man who has suffered a mid-life crisis, and his inner painful past and family crisis have put him in a state of confusion. Therefore, the overall image of Bruce fits perfectly. At the same time, Bruce also shows Malcolm's vulnerability, which is enough to move the story forward until the point.

This makes people leave a good impression of Bruce in the "supernatural sixth sense".

Hugo used to be the same, and he thought that the role of Malcolm was limited to this when he watched the movie - as if he watched "The Seven Deadly Sins" and did not find the role of Mills challenging in the slightest. But after changing his perspective, Hugo found that the role of Malcolm was far more difficult than Cole.

To put it simply, Cole needs to show the fear and confusion in his heart, and Haley fully shows this quality, and injects a distressing vulnerability into the character, the kind of innocence that blooms from the depths of the child's heart, and easily touches the audience's heart. As an eleven-year-old young actor, Haley's performance is indeed amazing, but the development curve of the role itself is relatively simple.

But Malcolm is different, he is first and foremost an adult perspective, and he bears the heavy responsibility of leading the audience into this story, so the process of getting along with Cole - starting cautiously, gradually approaching, first trying to explain Cole from the perspective of a psychiatrist, and then slowly believing Cole, and trying to help Cole understand that the existence of Yin and Yang Eyes is not a harm, but a means that can be used to help others, and finally stands with Cole, infinitely close to the child's heart.

In this process, Malcolm's cautiousness, temptation, understanding, change, sympathy, care and many other emotional changes are the key factors that determine the audience's experience of the film. In the blues version of "The Sixth Sense", the audience's emotions are led by Cole, not Malcolm, which makes the movie too sensational, and many emotions come from the sympathy for children, rather than the perspective of adults seeing the world, and the aftertaste and reflection are greatly weakened, which also affects the possibility of the work reaching a higher level.

Secondly, Malcolm himself is also responsible for the intricacies of society, in fact, in the whole story of "The Sixth Sense", it is not simply the story of "a child with yin and yang eyes", it explores the fear of human beings from the heart.

The most direct is actually the relationship between Lynn and Cole, Lynn loves her son deeply, but she has no way to understand Cole's so-called yin and yang eyes, she just thinks it is her son's crankiness more often, and even repulsion. Cole is the same in his daily life, no one can understand him, and no one can accompany him, which makes him even more lonely and lonely in the world of ghosts.

This fear comes from all sides, fear of change, fear of loneliness, fear of becoming different, fear of the unknown, fear of mediocrity...... This is the shackle in everyone's heart, and more often people choose to give in and choose to escape. This is where the social problem of the "Seven Deadly Sins" emerges - indifference makes society worse and worse. The "sixth sense" gives its own solution - or what Knight thinks of as a solution, "affection", family, friendship and love, so that emotions can become the bond between people, and work together to face and overcome those fears.

Cole and Malcolm's journey from temptation to trust is precisely the bond of emotion; And Lynn's unconditional love for Cole became the driving force for Cole to be brave; At the same time, the struggle and hesitation between Malcolm and his wife is a problem that every family must face, and it is also the source of motivation for everyone to fight for.

It can be said that Malcolm carries this important core of the film - this also echoes the first point, because this is the aftertaste and reflection triggered by the adult perspective, and it is also Knight's understanding of family and emotions, if according to the setting of the character and the connotation of the script, people should not only be moved by Cole after watching the movie, but also reflect it on themselves with empathy, triggering further reflection; But it's a pity that Bruce was not able to show this emotional intimacy and bond, so that the "supernatural sixth sense" only stopped at the mother-son relationship between Lynn and Cole, and the film's momentum came to an abrupt end.

Malcolm is a very challenging character, and as Knight says, he carries the substance and depth of the whole film, making the difference between whether the film is just a sensational film that makes people cry, or a classic that reverberates after tears. Bruce's performance deserves recognition, but due to his limitations, he has not been able to truly interpret Malcolm.

The skill of acting, the carving of details, and the ability to interpret, Bruce's fatal flaws led to the same results as Brad's in "The Seven Deadly Sins". A masterpiece is a masterpiece, but it is so far from a classic.

When Hugo read the script of "The Sixth Sense", he savored the differences, but he didn't sort out the ideas clearly, but today Knight revealed the entire core idea. This impressed Hugo, because in Hugo's memory, Knight was not a director who had too much sculpting on the role - most of his later works were horror films or commercial blockbusters, and Hugo originally thought that Knight's lack of understanding of his own script led to the loss of the core idea of "The Sixth Sense".

But now, it seems, that doesn't seem to be the case.