Date: 19th June 2001

Haley Joel Osment Stops Blinking


HALEY JOEL OSMENT found a.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) his hardest role yet - because he wasn't allowed to blink.

The pint-sized star's portrayal of a robot in the movie AI was made even more realistic by the removal of this basic human function.

He says, "I do not blink at all in the movie ever. It was sort of hard because I was trying so hard not to do it. I would strain but then it got to where it became really second nature. "

He continues, "If you don't think about blinking, you don't do it. My dad and I mastered it to make me noticeably different and it worked. "(MB/WNVKW/KW)

Source: WENN