With the premiere of Glass director Shayamalan has closed the trilogy that began 19 years ago with Unbreakable in the year 2000 and that was resumed with Split in 2017. Like a superhero story, Glass hit theaters in mid-January 2019, with characters that will be hard to forget, most notably Kevin Wendell Crumb, played by Scottish actor James McAvoy.
Created by director M. Night Shyamalan, Kevin suffers from a personality disorder inspired by a real-life case. His story is based on that of Billy Milligan, a man in whose mind lived 24 personalities that led him to commit the most atrocious crimes, as occurs in Split, the sequel to Unbreakable.
The work done by James McAvoy has been, without a doubt, spectacular. The actor from X-Men had to prepare intensely to characterize the 24 personalities, each one different from the other, of Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), better known as Multiple Personalities Disorder.
Within the multiple facets that occur in a patient with DID, at least two of them take control of the total behavior of the individual; in the movie Split, it is ‘The Beast’, Patricia and Hedwig who take up most of Kevin’s time.
On that note we break down the 24 personalities that Kevin harbors in his head and that he created as a child to protect himself from the constant abuse he suffered from his mother.
Kevin Wendell Crumb is a man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder, so in addition to his original personality he has 23 other. As a child, his father died in a train accident and was left in charge of his unstable mother, who physically, verbally and emotionally abused him, to the point that Kevin had to create other identities in an attempt to protect himself from her.
The Beast
‘The Beast’ is the last personality of Kevin and is also the most terrifying of all. This supernatural man is extremely violent and eats human flesh. For ‘The Beast’, everyone who has not suffered in their life is an impure person and that is why they must be sacrificed. In addition to tearing metal bars and breaking human bodies with his own hands, ‘The Beast’ can scale walls and is incredibly difficult to kill, since bullets and knives break when they touch his skin.
Patricia
In Glass it is revealed that Patricia is a British woman and she is also a priestess who only seeks to please ‘The Beast.’ This woman is sophisticated, educated and sweet, but she is secretly evil and very calculating. She has a certain power over other personalities: when disciplined, others listen to her.
Hedwig
Hedwig is a 9-year-old boy who behaves according to that age. He has compulsive attitudes, crawls on his knees and ends the sentences with the word “etcetera.” He loves to dance madly, to draw and always obeys other personalities greater than him.
Jade
The first time Jade appeared was in a video file found by Casey on Kevin’s computer in Split. She is flirtatious and young, and has to take insulin injections for diabetes. This woman appears briefly in Glass, when a nurse, Daryl, brings him a tray with his injections. Due to the way in which Kevin’s room is set up, if he gets too close to a barrier near the door, the lights connected to the wall illuminate him with a flash and change his personality. Jade tries to overcome this by lying on the floor of the room seductively and pretending to drop her insulin. When Daryl tries to collect her injection, she tries to stab him and escape.
Dennis
Dennis is the one who kidnaps Casey and her friends in Split. He is one of the most disturbing personalities due to his coldness and determination. He is a temperamental man and has a perverted taste for watching young dancers naked. He shows features of obsessive-compulsive disorder and a firm, sometimes violent tendency towards cleanliness and order.
Barry
Barry is one of the personalities that we saw the most in Split. He communicated with Dr. Fletcher and could determine what personality should come and at what time. This is the power he had until Patricia, Denisse and Hedwing seized Kevin’s mind. What is known is that he is charismatic, somewhat effeminate and with an incredible talent for fashion and design.
Mary Reynolds
Although the personality of Mary Reynolds is not developed too much, in Glass she is seen as a pretty flirtatious woman who tries to charm her guards in the mental hospital so that she can escape. Apparently, together with her brother Ann, they are able to simultaneously occupy the light. They have strong Irish accents and tend to criticize each other.
Orwell
In Split, Orwell appears briefly when Casey calls Kevin to light. He is an introverted and highly intelligent man. Later, in ‘Glass’ it is revealed that he is a university professor of literature and says that he is not in favor of letting ‘The Beast’ take over.
Norma
Norma introduces herself in Glass. She is a southern educated woman with a thick accent.
Luke
Another of the characters that comes to light in Glass is Luke, who only has time to say a few things. He assures that he is part of ‘The Horde’ that was created from all of Kevin’s personalities.
Mr. Pritchard
This character has a brief appearance in Glass and explains that he is a professor who specializes in Japanese cinema.
Heinrinch
During one of Kevin’s many rapid cycles of light, the voice of Heinrich, a German man emerges.
Kat
Kat is a female identity that appears in this third film, but we do not know more about her, since a flash of light from Dr. Staple prevents her from controlling Kevin.
Spanish Speaking Woman
In Glass you can hear certain words in Spanish from a woman. So far it is not clear what personality is the one that is in control at that time, but could be Felicia or Rakel, two of the 24 known.
Goddard, Bernice, Polly, Ansel, Jelin, Kat, BT, Samuel and Ian
The other nine personalities have a brief appearance in Glass when the light of the room in which Kevin is confined is changed, but until now there is no greater way to recognize who is who.
