Elijah Price
| Elijah Price | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Unbreakable (2000) |
| Created by | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Portrayed by | Samuel L. Jackson Johnny Hiram Jamison (young, Unbreakable) William Turner (young, Glass) |
| Information | |
| Alias | Mr. Glass |
| Species | Superhuman |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Art gallery owner, terrorist |
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Elijah "Mr. Glass" Price is a fictional character and antagonist in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable film series, portrayed by American actor Samuel L. Jackson. Price is a comic book collector and terrorist who believes he is a supervillain. He is the antagonist in Unbreakable and again a major character in Glass.
Development
Creation and casting
Samuel L. Jackson came up with the idea that Elijah would wear purple and have a glass cane by his side.[1]
Powers and abilities
Elijah Price has the gift of high intelligence and is able to craft bombs.
Weakness
Elijah has suffered ninety-four breaks from living with osteogenesis imperfecta.
Appearances
Unbreakable
Elijah Price was born in 1961 in Philadelphia with brittle bones.
Elijah Price contacts David, taunting him, convincing him he has unique superhuman abilities. He then interrogates David about any similar past incidents, in an attempt to expose his abilities. This begins to scare David, who leaves the store. The following day, Elijah visits David at the stadium where David becomes suspicious of a man carrying a gun. The man quickly leaves, but Elijah reluctantly follows the man who did have a gun, proving Elijah's theory correct about David. He followed the man but got his back broken. David later exposes Elijah for causing a hotel fire, an airplane bombing, and the Eastrail train derailment. Price is sent to an institution for the criminally insane.
Glass
Nineteen years later, Elijah is kept in prison. Elijah becomes interested in the Beast, so he decides to free him and team up together to escape. However, before leaving, Elijah contacts David over the PA to reveal to him his plan to destroy the Osaka Tower in Philadelphia before Elijah would expose real-life superheroes. This prompts David to escape his room and confront the Beast again outside the facility. The fight is interrupted when Joseph Dunn exposes that Kevin's father was also on the Eastrail 177, leaving Kevin alone with his mother who begins abusing him, leading Elijah to come to the conclusion of his creation of both David and Kevin's alter egos, The Overseer and The Horde. The Beast thanks Elijah for his creation and brutally injures him, then throws David into a water tank in an attempt to drown him, but David manages to regain strength to escape, though weakened by the water.
Staple reveals that she is part of an organization with the goal of silencing people with superhuman abilities to maintain a societal balance, even when David learns this upon grabbing her. Elijah dies from his injuries received by Kevin, who is shot and killed by a Sniper. Elijah has secretly recorded these events and sent the video to the world, exposing superhuman abilities.
Reception
Roger Ebert said in his review for Unbreakable that Jackson "is not afraid to play a man it is hard to like -- a bitter man, whose intelligence only adds irony to anger."[2]
Accolades
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Unbreakable | 7th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Actor - Suspense | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Glass | Fright Meter Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| 45th People's Choice Awards | Favorite Drama Movie Star | Nominated |
Notes
References
- ↑ M. Night Shyamalan, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer, Eduardo Serra, James Newton Howard, The Making of Unbreakable, 2001, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ↑ Roger Ebert (November 22, 2000). "Unbreakable". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
External links
- Elijah Price on IMDb
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