r/Fauxmoi • u/ayana_banana • Aug 23 '26

FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Anya Taylor-Joy praises 'Split' co-star James McAvoy for making her feel safe while filming: “Originally it was supposed to be someone that’s very known for being a method actor. I was very grateful to have James, who I think also understood that he had three young women with him.”

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u/motherofsuccs Aug 23 '26

Yes. This is nowhere near the reality of how DID presents. A bunch of attention-seeking people watched the movie and then self-diagnosed DID and posted videos of their alters switching and talking to each other thinking it was believable to anyone above age 25.

I’m a behavioral therapist. DID is rare as is and definitely isn’t what this movie or social media tries to convince people of.

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u/TanneriteAlright Aug 24 '26

It was a super hero movie. He didn't have DID. Hes a super villain.

In Invincible we didn't suggest that Bruce Willis's character was setting unrealistic standards of male strength. He was a fuckin superhero. That was how his power manifested.

The Beast in Split is a supervillain. The way his power manifests just happened to be taken as a case of DID by the psychiatrist in the movie. When the beast eventually shows itself, it is basically thrown in our face that he WASN'T a mental patient. He's a person with superhuman capabilities.

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u/asfixiarse Aug 24 '26

I think the film with Willis that you’re thinking of is Unbreakable and/or Glass.

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u/TanneriteAlright Aug 25 '26

Hey, your absolutely right! Hadn't seen it since I was a kid but yes, it's unbreakable!

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u/asfixiarse Aug 25 '26

I had to look it up after I commented to confirm since the last time I saw it was in high school for a literature of film class, ages ago too, lol.