Glass poor reviews left M Night Shyamalan in TEARS – ‘I felt distraught and ...

Glass poor reviews left M Night Shyamalan in TEARS – ‘I felt distraught and ...
Glass poor reviews left M Night Shyamalan in TEARS – ‘I felt distraught and ...

The twist-ending director has made a number of classics, as well as turkeys over the years. One of his best-loved films is superhero movie Unbreakable, which saw a surprise spin-off in Split, a movie that was similarly warmly received. Shyamalan then brought Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson and James McAvoy together for Glass this year, but sadly was met with poor reviews. Now Indie Wire reports the negative response made him cry.

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Speaking at NYU’s Stern School of Business, the 48-year-old: “I was in London when I heard the US reviews for Glass were poor.

“I was in a makeup chair for a TV show, and I cried.

“We'd just come back from the London screenings, which were through the roof. We had only great screenings of the movie around the world.

“So essentially I wasn't prepared. I had this false sense of being a part of the group in a safe way. But boy, did I feel distraught that day.”

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