I think we can all agreeM. Night Shyamalanmade some great movies to start his career and then went through a bit of a rough patch. Thankfully, his newest film,Split, is a return to form and something you want to see as soon as possible so the various twists and turns can’t be spoiled. Trust me…see this soon.
If you’re not familiar with the film,Splitputs Shyamalan squarely back in psychological thriller mode. The film starsJames McAvoyas Kevin, a man who abducts three teenage girls (Anya Taylor-Joy,Haley Lu RichardsonandJessica Sula) who suddenly realize that Kevin is one of 23 personalities displayed by McAvoy’s character, who suffers from a severe case of Multiple Personality Disorder. But as we learn over the course of the film, there is a 24th identity that threatens to emerge. That identity is “the beast”, and it hungers for the flesh of the clean and the unbroken as “sacred food”. The film also starsBetty Buckleyas Kevin’s psychiatrist. For more on Split, you canclick hereto read Haleigh Foutch’s review.
At the recent New York City press day I sat down with James McAvoy for a video interview. He talked about how he prepared for the role, how he wasn’t sure they could pull it off when he first read the script, how playing Kevin was like performing on stage, and more. In addition, he calledJohn Wickco-directorDavid Leitch’s new filmThe Coldest City,a thriller set in the world of MI6 agents in Berlin that starsCharlize Theron,“crazy punkish…out there…crazy.”
Check out what he had to say in the video above and below is exactly what we talked about followed by the synopsis and recentSplittrailer.
James McAvoy:
Here’s the official synopsis forSplit:
While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.
Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
