Bruce Willis har haft några minst sagt kämpiga år som skådespelare innan han slutligen gick ut med nyheten kring sin pension och den underliggande sjukdom (aphasia) som gör fortsatt skådespelande så gott som omöjligt. För många är Willis synonym med actionfilm men han visade även prov på sin mer dramatiska sida i flertal filmer, inte minst de fyra han skådespelade i för M. Night Shyamalan och i en ny intervju passade den framgångsrika regissören på att hylla sin gamla kollega.
"He is kind of this blue collar hero that...I grew up with, and not just for me but for Quentin [Tarantino] and Wes [Anderson], and you name it, Fifth Element. Every time, he took risks and just jumped in, and when he believed in you, he was just behind you, and would be like the muscle behind you to go 'Hey, go for it.'"
Shyamalan minns speciellt när de filmade Sjätte Sinnet, deras första projekt tillsammans.
"On the first Friday...they said 'Bruce Willis wants to talk to you in his trailer,' I was like 'Oh my God!' I was twenty-whatever and I was like 'Oh no. He's gonna yell at me.' I went over...and he was like a star and I'm this goofy Indian kid. [He said] 'I've only felt this one other time, what you made me feel...with Pulp Fiction and Quentin.' And I was like, 'Thanks, sir!'...And I would like skip down the sidewalk! He was that guy. It was tough to get on his good side, but once you did, he was your big brother and just fought for you in any circumstance."
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