The Sixth Sense (1999)

Haley Joel Osment (Cole Sear) got the role for three reasons:
1. He was the best,
2. He was the only boy at the audition wearing a tie,
3. When director M. Night Shyamalan asked if he had read his role, the dialogue went as follows:
– Osment: I read it three times last night.
– Shyamalan: Wow, you read your part three times?
– Osment: No, I read the entire script three times.