EXCLUSIVE: GLASS Stars Anya Taylor-Joy & Spencer Treat Clark Discuss The Ending & A Sequel? - SPOILERS

EXCLUSIVE: GLASS Stars Anya Taylor-Joy & Spencer Treat Clark Discuss The Ending & A Sequel? - SPOILERS

I recently got to sit down with stars Anya Taylor-Joy & Spencer Treat Clark to talk about their returns in M. Night Shyamalan's Glass, and in this part of our interview, we discuss the film's ending...

By RohanPatel - Jan 29, 2019 01:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Ahead of the theatrical debut of M. Night Shyamalan's Glass last week, I was granted an exclusive opportunity to sit down with stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Spencer Treat Clark at the global press junket and chat about their respective returns as Casey Cooke and Joseph Dunn in the long-awaited conclusion to Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 trilogy.


In this second segment of our very fun conversation, Taylor-Joy and Clark discuss the film's game-changing and devastating conclusion and their initial reactions to filming those critical scenes with their senior castmates. Plus, I also get their thoughts on a possible sequel and whether they'd be open to reprising their roles. 

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ROHAN PATEL: For the last twenty years, David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) have been these huge fan-favorite characters, and then, people really fell in love with James McAvoy's performance as Kevin, so these were three characters fans were really invested in.

After Glass, we now know how all of their stories end and it's honestly a tough pill to swallow. What was your initial reaction to the finale and their fates? 

ANYA TAYLOR JOY: I think I speak for the both of us in saying that shooting those scenes was as real as can be, for us as people and for us as characters. It felt like it mirrored our own emotions toward them.

SPENCER TREAT CLARK: I'm still a little wary of spoilers, but yeah, we've both had such wild experiences with these movies, just like life experience-

ANYA: Life-changing experiences.

SPENCER: Yeah, exactly. You know, we've had relationships with these people, so in some ways the arc of these characters has mirrored our experiences.

ANYA: As people.

SPENCER: Yeah, as people, and loose ends are tied.

ANYA: We used like a tapestry.

SPENCER: Yeah, exactly. So, I think - it's weird that some of those emotions give into real life.

ANYA: They were real! *laughs* 


ROHAN: Awesome. I think Sam Jackson has mentioned an alternate ending to the film, that they scrapped in favor of the current one. Do you know anything about it? 

ANYA: I've never heard that.

SPENCER: I'm super curious though because now, I'm going to ask him.

ANYA: Yeah, now it's like "Sam, what do you know that we don't know?"

Because, as part of the Shyamalan tribe, he's not going to tell us anything, so we have to share all information with each other. *laughs*


SPENCER: You got me really curious now.


ROHAN: While Elijah, David & Kevin may have lost their battles, you guys did get a victory over Ellie (Sarah Paulson) in the end when you helped realize Mr. Glass' dream and exposed the truth about the existence of super-powered people and about what Ellie's been doing.

I know Night's said this is the end of his trilogy, but have you heard anything about a potential sequel? Would you be open to doing another one and returning to this world?

ANYA: We would both be so happy to come back, for Night, for anything. I think we'd both read shopping lists for him, but we know nothing (about what comes next) and that is actually part of the beauty of Mr. Shyamalan is that he actually respects us as an audience, and he wants us to have the experience.

So, trust me when - if - we come back for another movie, we will be the last to know. *laughs*


SPENCER: Yeah, Anya said it all. 

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Check back in later this week for my full interview with Anya Taylor-Joy and Spencer Treat Clark as they tell me all the juicy and spoiler-y details about M. Night Shyamalan's latest blockbuster, Glass

M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.

Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.


Glass features:
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass
Bruce Willis as David Dunn
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke
Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple
Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn
Charlayne Woodard as Mrs. Price

Glass hits theaters January 18

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L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 1/29/2019, 1:03 PM
Great interview! Anya seems like she really like Shyamalan.

IMHO, I don't think it's a good idea to continue this series- one trilogy every 20 years is enough.

I'd like to see him make a sequel to one of his other films (even though I know he won't).
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/29/2019, 1:09 PM
I love exclusives! I did however, hate Glass lol
Lurchadamo
Lurchadamo - 2/8/2019, 7:12 PM
@bobevanz - to each their own, but I loved it!!!
Canon108
Canon108 - 1/29/2019, 1:23 PM
M Night killed any chance of a sequel being successful.
Repian
Repian - 1/29/2019, 6:10 PM
@Canon108 - Glass deserves to have a continuation in comic. Screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and art by Alex Ross.
auditore
auditore - 1/29/2019, 1:47 PM

SPENCER TREAT CLARK: I'm still a little wary of spoilers, but yeah, we've both had such wild experiences with these movies, just like life experience-

ANYA: Life-changing experiences.

SPENCER: Yeah, exactly. You know, we've had relationships with these people, so in some ways the arc of these characters has mirrored our experiences.

ANYA: As people.

Reading the text it seems she's interrupting him,cmon Anya stop that lol
MarsivNayr
MarsivNayr - 1/29/2019, 2:10 PM
Such a good film and trilogy. Both Anya and Spencer were great. It was a little mind blowing to see him all grown up.

These exclusives are really awesome man.
elcamino
elcamino - 1/30/2019, 1:12 AM
How much longer are they going to keep hyping this bad movie?
DarthFarley
DarthFarley - 1/30/2019, 6:54 AM
I think it would be realiy interesting to see if Spencer’s character shares any strengths with Willis’ Dunn. Surely genetics must play somehow into things? Shirley? Shirley?
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 2/7/2019, 8:18 PM
@DarthFarley - well after like the fifth different twist during the last half hour, I THOUGHT for a bit that's where they WERE going to go with it.
TheRaven20
TheRaven20 - 1/30/2019, 7:24 AM
If you had told me 3 years ago that we’d be getting 2 sequels to Unbreakable, one of my favorite movies and one of M. Night’s best, I would’ve been ecstatic.

After seeing Split (meh) and Glass (absolutely terrible execution), I now wish he would have left Unbreakable alone. Great example of sequels completely ruining the impact of the original.
Omegacron
Omegacron - 1/30/2019, 11:03 AM
Anya Taylor-Joy has nice badonkers.
Philvis
Philvis - 1/31/2019, 11:39 AM
If you liked Unbreakable and Split, I'm not seeing the hate for Glass. I thought it was a great movie. Sure it was slow in parts, but so were the others. It's just how M. Knight does his films. The ending was disappointing to me only regarding their fates, but I think final ending was great. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.
HermitBadger
HermitBadger - 2/2/2019, 12:51 AM
Don't understand the hate for this film (or the trilogy) at all. I thought it was awesome. I understand if people were disappointed with the ending but not every film is a Disney film where even if half the universe is killed you know everyone is going to be alright in time for cocoa and bedtime. I may not be a fan of all M.Nights films but I rank this trilogy high in the superhero film genre. Great performances by the leading trio throughout all the films -James mcavoy was outstanding imo- and while this final installment may be divisive it does an amazing job of keeping the keeping the audience engaged and (like the main trio) unsure what to believe. At the end of the day your opinion is your opinion but I don't see anyone giving any reasons (here at least not going to speak for the rest of the internet) for negativity towards the film. Aaaanyway I plan to see it again and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't. Don't be sheep, go make your up your own minds and try avoid people seemingly negative for negativities sake.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 2/7/2019, 8:17 PM
@HermitBadger - okay this is a full 5 days later, but I've only just finally seen the film. Especially for how much M Night was obviously sort of proud on twitter each time he posted about like the dozen different full passes he took to produce the final cut, the pacing is TERRIBLE. Almost nothing really happens for the whole first hour+ (including the titular character being in it at all, plus David seems to conveniently find the Hoard awfully quick) and then 9000 things happen the rest of the way.
It must've been barely a half hour in and I'd already w/o even really trying logged almost a half dozen things in my head that made little sense, were tired movie tropes, or things happening from people making dumb decisions. And honestly for most of it (& I'm still not even sure if everything we wind up getting by the very end makes up for this) I couldn't help thinking, alright with how fast Anna Taylor Joy's star is on the rise in Hollywood, there's no way she agrees to this script if it wasn't a sequel to a lead character she'd already played. So she was sort of locked in.

And I don't know why the hell this secret society apparently only has their meetings in public places and waits for any non-cult members to leave before they can talk. well, to be pompously overdramatic because it's a movie. Just all go to one agreed location where it's just you, then talk all you want the whole time.
If there was sort of one saving grace to the movie, I appreciate that M Night got his obligatory cameo (including his lame little joke to remind the audience he was the same guy as his Unbreakable cameo) out of the way fairly early in the movie. cause that moment was kind of grown inducing.

I hope this is all legitimate enough criticism for you.
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