[The following story contains spoilers for Old.]

Aaron Pierre’s Old performance is one of few words, but his character, rapper Mid-Sized Sedan, is fueling a whole conversation around M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, thanks in part to his attention-grabbing name.

That may be the point of the fictional rap star, whose given name isn’t revealed to his fellow beach goers and the audience until well into the movie. For actor Pierre, who says Shyamalan “pre-determined” that stage name, Mid-Size is a conversation about duality and a chance to examine our own snap judgments.

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