Watch “Wayward” stars recreate traditional Toni Collette “Sixth Sense” scene: A ‘homage to our queen’

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Wayward creator and star Mae Martin recreated costar Toni Collette's memorable automotive scene from The Sixth Sense alongside a dedicated Sydney Topliffe in between takes of their hit Netflix miniseries.

Martin, nailing the hand actions of Collette's matriarch, shared the amusing recreation on Instagram, calling it a "homage to our queen and hero" Collette, who stars in Wayward because the sinister headmaster of an academy for troubled teenagers.

The scene in query entails the teary alternate between Haley Joel Osment's younger Cole Sear and his mom, Lynn (Collette), during which the younger boy discloses that he’s usually visited by ghosts.

"The ghosts, they inform me to do issues," Topliffe says as a younger Cole. "Do you assume I'm a freak?"

"Have a look at my face," Martin says as Collette's Lynn. "I might by no means assume that ever. Bought it?"

"Grandma says hello," Topliffe provides to a surprised Martin. "She comes to go to me generally."

"Cole, that's very mistaken. Grandma's gone, that," Martin responds, with the 2 quickly launching into the emotionally loaded sequence relating to the grandmother's funeral.

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"She mentioned you got here to the place the place they buried her, requested her a query. She mentioned the reply is, 'Daily.' What did you ask?" Osment asks within the scene, prompting a sobbing Collette to answer, "Do I make her proud?"

Within the caption, Martin revealed the recreation was filmed at 2 a.m. within the "freezing chilly" throughout a "essential scene" for Wayward. Given the automotive setting, the 2 look like filming the finale episode, the place Martin's character fantasizes about an escape from their cult-ish small city. "I feel you’ll agree it’s our strongest work," Martin wrote.

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Toni Collette responds to Mae Martin and Sydney Topliffe's recreation.

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Collette herself responded within the feedback part, praising the recreation as "phenomenal." She wrote, "I like each of you. That is truly fairly good!!"

Martin created and stars in Wayward as Alex Dempsey, a transgender police officer who strikes to the small city during which his pregnant spouse (Sarah Gadon) grew up, discovering that the idyllic neighborhood shouldn’t be all because it appears. On the middle of the thriller is Collette's Evelyn Ward, the enigmatic headmaster of an academy for troubled teenagers occupied by Topliffe's Abbie, who additionally makes an attempt to unearth secrets and techniques of the sinister academy.

Tattiawna Jones, Brandon Jay McLaren, Sarah Gadon, Toni Collette, Mae Martin, Sydney Topliffe, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Patrick J. Adams, Ryan Scott, and Mark McKinney attend Netflix's "Wayward" world premiere on September 09, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario.
Mae Martin and the forged of 'Wayward' in Toronto in September 2025.

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Netflix printed a report earlier this week that crowned Wayward as the No. 1 show on the English-language listing, citing 8.2 million views.

Collette, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her position in The Sixth Sense, not too long ago regarded again on the movie whereas selling Wayward, revealing in an interview with Tom Energy that she initially didn’t understand the 1999 traditional was a horror movie throughout filming. "I simply thought it was a good looking, non secular story," Collette admitted with fun.

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