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Bruce Willis allegedly has early dementia!?

posted 8 years ago by TMC-4 (20491)
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https://www.datalounge.com/thread/19357296-gossip-in-hollywood-no-one-will-say-part-12

A family member of mine works closely with a lot of people in entertainment. He is not one who is prone to gossip. We were chatting about movies or something and he mentioned he had heard Bruce Willis has early dementia. He had to wear an earpiece when he was in Misery on Bradway to remember his lines. Last time I saw him on hot Today show, which was at the time of the play, he seemed totally out of it. I thought he was high or drunk but he could just be mentally slipping.

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reply 17 Last Sunday at 8:15 PM

[–] TMC-4 (20491) 3 years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/t810n8/comment/hzlecpo/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

I know quite a few people who worked on Apex. Most of the movie was shot with a picture double on Vancouver Island, with Bruce's coverage being shot by a different unit in Washington. The Vancouver Island shoot turned into an absolute nightmare, as they had hired an entirely unqualified non-union special effects department, which led to a couple of incidents where pyrotechnics went off without the crew on set being notified beforehand. This led to most of the camera department walking off the show, taking their carts and personal kits but leaving the rented gear behind. The rest of the movie was shot by the DP with the help of anyone who had any camera experience from the other departments. They were also unable to hire any union stunt performers or extras as an indie production during early covid, so most of the bad guys getting shot are actually random crew members in costume.

Jay is right in that Bruce's lines are being read to him through an earwig by the script supervisor, but unfortunately this is more due to dementia issues than laziness. The guy couldn't remember his lines if he tried, and often has issues interpreting direction and the instructions being given to him.

I don't know Bruce or his motivations, but having worked with Kris Kristofferson who was still acting well into his mental decline, I can tell you that Kris truly loved acting and being on set and wanted to do it as long as he could. Bruce taking part in that stage play suggests to me that there's a shred of that attitude in him as well, but I can't deny that taking millions of dollars in exchange for two or three day shoots smacks of cashing in on his fame while he still has the chance.

[–] cyguration (3951) 3 years ago

Wow that's kind of sad... but also kind of... frustrating?

If Bruce is in this much of a decline what's the point of all those millions and millions of dollars? A crippling drug habit? Someone else's crippling drug habit?

All the people in the world suffering and willing to work for a better life, and here's a guy who doesn't need the money but making millions left and right and doesn't even have the mental capacity to know what to do with it.

It's a truly frustrating and sad indictment of the times.

American jobs being outsourced overseas to third-world workers while rich dementia-sufferers rake in millions for three days worth of work. There's a cosmic irony there too dense for me to find funny.

[–] SweetTooth43 (2176) 3 years ago

You already posted this 5 days ago

[–] TMC-4 (20491) 3 years ago

And I don't post stuff strictly and specifically for SweetTooth43! And I'm not exactly posting the exact same links/articles let alone about the same sort of topic.

[–] TMC-4 (20491) 3 years ago

Yeah, and I first posted this five years ago. And now the stories about Bruce Willis allegedly having dementia appear to now be picking up steam online.

[–] bjensen4 (1281) 3 years ago

Talk about prophetic....he was diagnosed with aphasia.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Which shortens life expectancy by 3 to 12 years. Poor Bruce :(

[–] TMC-4 (20491) 3 years ago

Bruce Willis’ declining cognitive state swirled around movie sets in recent years, which Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent can attest to

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-30/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder

In 2020, Kent played Willis' daughter in the movie Hard Kill. Kent recalled to the Los Angeles how they were filming a scene in which he was to protect her with a gun when he fired a blank on the wrong cue -- not once, but twice. “I’m supposed to think my life is about to end, and then my dad steps in to save the day,” Kent said, describing how her back was to Willis in the scene. Willis was supposed to deliver a line that would prompt Kent to duck. Instead, he fired the blanks with her back to him, so she was unable to duck each time.

[–] keybored (2668) 3 years ago

The rumour about his decline in health and behaviour has been around for a while, so it's sad to hear it now confirmed.

[–] TMC-4 (20491) 3 years ago

I'm starting to wonder if it was completely unethical to prop him up on movie sets when he has been incapable of doing the work of an actor, and then allowing him to collect an enormous paycheck?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1eNS9HtXo&lc=Ugw7tnpUeSWkE9Soq4p4AaABAg

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

I think most people realized that his name attached to any movie was a sign to avoid the movie. He's been doing the 5 minute cameo for star billing and a big check for years now, it isn't unethical if someone wants to hire a bad actor, the only thing unethical is when a movie gives someone star billing that has maybe 5 minutes of screen time. That's really just bullshit.

[–] filmgeek99 (671) 3 years ago

Karma, I guess, for all those years of him being an ass to everyone he works with.