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'The Happening' is extremely scary: Manoj Night Shyamalan
06th May 2008 17.35 IST

Manoj Night Shyamalan , the Hollywood director of Indian origin, says his upcoming film ‘The Happening’ is his scariest film yet.

Presently in India to receive the Padma Shri, one of the country's highest civilian awards, Shayamalan spoke to reporters in Mumbai about his next film starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel in leading roles.

The film, a dark, paranormal thriller, tells the story of an estranged couple trying to survive a global crisis.

“It is an extremely scary movie. This is meant to scare you,” Shayamalan told the curious reporters in Mumbai.

“The emotional center of the movie is if you knew you were going to die, if that was a fact, what would your conversation be like? What would be the last thing you would say to your loved one?” Shyamalan said.

Like some of Shayamalan’s previous films like ‘The Sixth Sense’ (starring Bruce Willis), ‘Unbreakable’ (Willis again) and ‘Signs’ (Mel Gibson), ‘The Happening’ too stars an action hero in a non-action role.

“I like to cast action stars and then not let them do action roles. They still bring an energy to the movie…You would never have seen Mark (Wahlberg) in a role like this. He's human, sweet and funny. He plays an ordinary school teacher who is not going to come up with a genius plan to save the world,” says Shyamalan whose last film ‘Lady In The Water’ was a flop.

‘The Happening’ is set to release on June 13. The date 13, considered unlucky by many, is reported to be deliberately chosen by Shyamalan.

(Photo shows a still from ‘The Happening’)

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