CinemaThe Sixth Sense: Haley Joel Osment reveals that he keeps tapes with messages from Bruce WillisThe former child actor recalled the support he received from Willis after the release of M. Night Shyamalanhoje’s film at 12:21

Haley Joel Osment recalled the period in which he recorded The Sixth Sense (1999) with Bruce Williswhen he was just 11 years old. The role in the film M. Night Shyamalan earned the then child actor a nomination for Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

In an interview with EntertainmentWeekly (via NME), Osmentnow 36 years old, revealed that Willis supported him during and after the film’s release: “bruce It spoke to me a lot in the years after the film’s release. He would leave voicemails at home every now and then, just to see how I was doing.”

“He would call out of the blue, sometimes just before a trip. We went to Japan together twice, if I remember correctly, for the premiere ofThe Sixth Sense in different cities. So he would call before that, and sometimes I would come home from school, and the answering machine would be blinking, and there would be a message like, ‘Hey, Haley Joel. Just stopping by to say hi,'” he recalled.

Osment stated that he still keeps tapes with the messages. “He did everything in such a cool way, he has so much charisma and he was someone you wanted on the set to set the tone for the type of film we were making,” he added.

The actor confessed that he did not talk to Willis recently, “since the news about your health.” He was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a neurodegenerative condition that alters personality and behavior.