While Bruce Willis has just announced the end of his acting career due to a serious health problem, an alarming testimony concerning a shooting anecdote from a former collaborator of the star has just fallen. Unfortunately, it says a lot about the state of health of the star of the Die Hard saga…
It’s first of all the director Mike Burnswho led him in Race against death, released in 2021, who said he quickly realized that the artist had health concerns. “After the first day of working with Bruce, I was able to personally realize that there was a big problem and I understood why I had been asked to shorten his text“, he told the Los Angeles Times. And this testimony reported by AFP is not isolated. Indeed, his colleague Jesse Johnsondirector of White Elephant, had found Bruce Willis for this low-budget film several decades after having rubbed shoulders with the actor. “It was obvious this wasn’t the Bruce I remembered.”, he said. The Californian newspaper even reported a striking scene that would have taken place on the set of the film. According to members of the film crew, Bruce Willis would have at one point launched on the set: “I know why you are here, and I know why you are here, but what am I doing here, me ?” A moment that says a lot…
As a reminder, the legend of the cinema of the years 1990-2000 is suffering from aphasia, a serious cognitive disorder. On BFM TVdoctor Alain Ducardonnet had explained that a patient with aphasia “can no longer speak, no longer has language, so not only does he no longer express himself but he also has difficulty understanding what the other is saying“. Bruce Willis will be on the big screen for the last time in 2022 in the film. Paradise City of Chuck Russell alongside his partner pulp FictionJohn Travolta.