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Is Bruce Willis an egomaniac?

posted 9 years ago by tbirdman-1
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Seriously this is the second movie of his career in which IMDB's trivia
section states that the lead actor did not get along with a principal
member of the production. In this case there were heated tensions on
the set between Willis and director Antoine Fuqua. With both vowing
never to work with the other person again. And in the trivia section
of 1991's "The Last Boy Scout." Bruce Willis is mentioned as not
having gotten along with costar Damon Wayans and that both men had
actually despised each other despite their characters being buddies.
So is Bruce Willis really so difficult an actor to work with on any
movie set? These are the only two instances that I have ever read
about him during his career.

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[–] vondiesel-1 9 years ago

Other instances
1)Kevin Smith has been very vocal about what a nightmare he was on the set of 'Cop Out'. (& 'Live Free Or Die Hard')
2)He burnt his bridge with Stallone and was replaced with Harrison Ford in 'The Expendables 3' by demanding an extra million dollars on top of the ridiculous amount he was already getting, I think it was $3million for 3 days as it was.
3)He constantly rewrote scenes and didn't get on with the director on 'Hudson Hawk'. Plus its rumoured (probably falsely) he had his hair touched up by CGI through the entire film sending it over budget.
4)Had scenes rewrote on 'Striking Distance' during filming when he felt like it.
5) He refused to do ADR on 'Surrogates' so they used a guy that sounded like him instead.
6) Most of the cast disliked him on 'The Bonfire Of The Vanities' due to his big ego.
7) On the upcoming film 'Going Under', Actor Ralph Garman was meant to play a role in the movie, but he revealed on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast that his character was written out of the film when Bruce Willis refused to shoot a scene between them. The Cullen brothers (Directors) offered him another role, and again, Willis declined to shoot the scene. The next day, the producers of the film stated that the scene needed to be cut, leaving Garman without an appearance in the film
8) He was sacked from Woody Allen's upcoming film for being unable to get his lines out.

That's just a few, tho I hear some people like working with him so its not all bad. All said and done, none of this stops me enjoying his roles.

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