WTF Happened to BRUCE WILLIS?

In our latest WTF series, we take a look at some of our favorite stars and filmmakers who have seemingly disappeared or altered their careers over the years to the point that begs the question; WTF happened? Now, before you think we're just picking on celebrities or running some gossip rag stuff, think again! We take a fun (and sometimes funny), researched and fair approach, looking at all angles that led our subject to wherever they are now (which isn't necessarily a bad place at all). If anything, it answers the question of where these fine folks went, how they got there, and where you can find 'em now.
There's no doubt that Bruce Willis ranks with the greatest movie stars of all time. From his time as the fast-talking private eye on "Moonlighting" to his breakthrough in DIE HARD, through his more dramatic turns in PULP FICTION, THE SIXTH SENSE, and more, he's the best of the best. But, in recent years his output has been filled with disposable, DTV junk where his roles are supporting at best, and often unworthy of his talent, a fact he seems to realize given his listless performances. So let's take a look at how Willis got here, and how despite everything, there are still flashes of the old Bruce Willis in movies like GLASS and LOOPER.
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[@quickman2663]

Bruce, you were an icon for generations. People loved, laughed, cried and were at awe at the movies you were in. Now go enjoy your retirement. Thanks for being the awesome Bruce Willis we had, have and always will aspire to be ourselves. Sincerely, The entire action movie fandom.

[@jackbrown4120]

What do you mean "were".

[@deforged]

you actually think he still has the cognitive capacity to comprehend your message? thats just mean.

[@skinnie2838]

Kevin Smith ended up being a super douche. Cry baby ruined he man than blamed the fans.

[@derworfnet]

The news about Willis' condition and his resulting retirement don't make his many direct-to-Disc/VOD-Flicks better... but it makes his involvement in them much more understandable at least.

[@emw1816]

0

[@TheRomaduce]

yeah it was not that he stopped caring or that he was a washed up actor he was just a sick man, thank god

[@DJAUDIO1]

Sad

[@Justcarlosdiaz]

There's lots of people who probably still can't stop laughing thinking about him dealing with it haha, the man's a dickhead

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

*does not

[@jerseyheller2263]

His retirement almost feels like funeral in our hearts for all the action he gave us

[@myenemysenemy1043]

Willis is surprisingly at his best when he plays vulnerable characters

[@dennisjr77]

He’s got more range than people realize…. He was great in that show moonlighting…… early ‘80s pre Die Hard.

[@dennisjr77]

Lol, as well as that movie “blind date.”

[@jayn8392]

He has had really weird career likely due to his own decisions. It's like he knows he can pull off more interesting nuanced characters and does it now and again. But he can't help but want to do more "tough guy bad as*" movies which inevitably leads him to misjudge projects and pick some real crap scripts that end up putting him on the downswing. Especially in the last decade or so. He seems way to wrapped up in being a crotchety "tough guy". Probably doesn't help that it's all he's done for awhile now and it's his legit real life personality, so those are the only roles he gets offered anymore.

[@godzilla4005]

Because of his voice

[@Locadel2003]

Like with Unbreakable or The siete sense

[@wstine79]

The Fifth Element featured the best kind of Bruce Willis. Half invested and half interested.

[@Locadel2003]

Exaclty, a bit cheesy but fun

[@eddead4235]

And he never meets gary Oldman

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

@@eddead4235 Good point

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

And one of the greatest character actors of all time. Brion James RIP

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

@@Locadel2003 Cheesy but good cheesy. Not cringeworthy cheesy.

[@sleepeasyfriends3149]

He hated movies so much he made directors hate making their own film, that’s some skill

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

He is notorious for shadow directing.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

I think Wes Anderson is doing alright, and he directed Bruce on Moonrise Kingdom.

[@andshewas296]

Yea a stupid and useless skill if you never want to act again. These actors sabotage their own careers they think they are making some kind of statement, but no one cares and they end never acting in this town again. They forget the everyone is replaceable, fact.

[@scottknode898]

He is very difficult to work with to as several actors and directors said they would never work with him again particularly Richard Gere hated Willis when worked together on The Jackal and Director Kevin Smith said working said something along the line that working with him was destruction to the soul and would never work with him again.

[@sam_the_man]

@@scottknode898 I found out everything I needed to know about him when he did an interview for BBC Radio 1 a few years ago to promote a movie. The DJ even had to explain before they played the recording that they are aware that for a celebrity to sit in a hotel room all day long doing long strings of press interviews to promote movies can be exhausting and boring for them so to try and lighten their day they always go into the interview with a set of questions that are fun and have almost nothing to do with the movie at all. The celebrities usually get it immediately and are really thankful to not have to answer the same questions over and over. Anyway they played the interview, he seemed completely uninterested. They tried to make him laugh, he didn’t take the bait. They tried to get him to have some fun, again, no dice. Afterwards the guy who interviewed him said yeah he was NOT in a good mood. He said the second I walked through the door he was like “oh god not another one”. But that’s not the most frustrating part. So usually with a celebrity interview, just before we leave we ask them very kindly for a quick soundbite for the station. Usually we just get them to say something short like I’m Bruce Willis and whenever I’m in the UK I listen to BBC Radio 1 or whatever. They’re always happy to do it because they’re advertising whatever it is they’re trying to sell for free on our show. Well this is what happened when we asked Bruce for a soundbite... “Just before we go could we ask a huge favour and get you to quickly quote a soundbite for us into a mic?” *Bruce, very seriously: “Sure. That’ll be a million dollars.” (At this point the interviewer is audibly uncomfortable and makes a lighthearted joke about maybe doing the recording first and negotiating the money later. “Nope. You want me to advertise your radio show you gotta pay me a million dollars. Cut the cheque, I’ll say whatever you want”. Jesus, the guy was the biggest douchebag ever to walk the planet. I think he turned a lot of people against him that day because they were NOT nice about him at all and their (national) breakfast show was easily the most listened to radio show in the whole of the UK at the time. They would regularly pull in like 6 or 7 million listeners on an average day. chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1412

[@michaelnally2841]

This just in Bruce Willis was recently diagnosed with Dementia. As someone who’s Grandmother has it, I wish the best to him and his family through this.

[@charliebaby7065]

He retired an hour ago is what happened. Brain performance in his Left hemisphere is causing difficulty processing language. So, his daughter spoke for him online stating his retirement and moving forward with family and fans

[@barrylyndon2727]

Damn, I'll never forget the first time I saw Die Hard. Totally changed how I viewed action movies going forward. Still in my top 5 favorite movies of all-time.

[@rogerchoate6962]

Bruce gave the characters realism.

[@RickyG225]

Exactly. The entire cast was perfect. I watch it today and bring back all the great memories of the 1980s! Way to go Bruce!

[@nathanslay6342]

Agreed. It’s in my top five too

[@ghungrooseth1946]

You have poor taste

[@dennisjr77]

That’s how I felt first time I saw the matrix and The first Lethal weapon.

[@rext8949]

He's the quintessential accidental actor. Everytime his career starts going down he gets hit with a hit and that gives him a tailwind to survive till the next dip. Enjoyed this episode immensely. Get the idea you're enjoying yourself making them.

[@Thathorrorguy12FU]

I gotta say that I've seen just about every Bruce Willis movie and the man definitely has range. He can be an action, comedy, drama, and even thrillers. He was probably one of the best actors I grew up watching without a doubt.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

I fell in love w Bruce when he was on Moonlighting. He was funny, smart and sensitive. Since hearing about the aphasia I’ve rewatched all the episodes and love him all over again. Get well Bruce. You’re my hero.

[@miguellee3]

“DH with a vengeance “ is probably my favorite Bruce’s movie. I made my wife watch it for the first time a few weeks ago and she loved it! It still holds up really well.

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

Yes it did.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Awesome movie. Sam Jackson and Jeremy Irons were also good in it.

[@ABell676]

Agreed. Usually overlooked too.

[@southlondon86]

“The black man is walking towards me”

[@emilio2647]

@@silvervalleystudios2486 I think Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson needs to do one more Die Hard movie before they retire.

[@Alamaric]

He is 65 years old. He has made millions on his movies and at the time of "Die Hard" he was the highest paid action hero becasue no one would do that script and he took a chance of killing his career. So the point is at 65 some people just slow down and want to just take the money they earned in life and spend it. Have a little fun. We call that retirement and every once in a bit he might do a role here and there that takes no effort on his part just to keep busy.

[@ZeonEons]

He doesn't care. He doesn't have too. The video summed it up or at least Bruce Willis did. He's become lethargic and lazy. He's done these action roles 100 times over. Wether serious or spoofed. When he has a good role he puts in the effort, when it's just pay check after pay check, he's literally checked out. I hate seeing him in movies that are straight up trash. I won't watch them. It's clearly evident he doesn't care about them so why should i and that's the point.

[@steviegbcool]

@olskool71 Or do what Paul Hogan did just do a film that he liked every 3-4 years?

[@jdxsr85]

Sean Connery was 65 when he made The Rock and he was fantastic in that. Willis just takes the fun out of every movie he's in post Sixth Sense. Possible exceptions are Looper and the Wes Anderson films he's in.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

He has vowed to quit action movies several times and came close to escaping the action hero stereotype when he did The Sixth Sense but he always returned to action movies.

[@Alamaric]

@olskool71 Jack Nicholson did not want to retire actually. He was having trouble remembering his lines. Hackman just decided to step out of the spotlight, like Sean Connery. In fact on the last installment of Indiana Jones they offered Connery a boat load of money, more than even Ford at the time to come back. He said that if there was any movie that could bring him out of retirement one last time, it is Indiana Jones, however retirement is just too much dam fun.

[@jasondismuke4837]

"Last man standing" is one of my favorite movies.

[@Locadel2003]

I watched it and it was actually very boring, not much action

[@MonoChorMe]

Me too! I also really like Last Man Standing... It always reminds me of the game Mafia. Ooh, and let's not forget Christopher Walken (one of my all-time Favorite actor) - I loved his portrayal of an unhinged madman, shooting everything simply if someone gave him a wrong look haha... And I like the slow pace of the movie too; nowadays, movies are so fast-paced and bloated with CGI that it's absolutely disgusting... For me, the ultimate cinematography era is from the mid-70s up until the end of the 90s (not only for American movies, but also for European movies as well as the Soviet movies too) - BAR NONE!

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

Agreed! Loooooove how stylized the whole thing was. Also, the movie it's based on ("A Fistful of Dollars") is also amazing.

[@leebrown1049]

My favourite 80's actor. Thanks so much for all your hard work on putting this together it was a joy watching.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

That’s crazy...I love The Last Boy Scout

[@derekazyan9942]

Was my favourite action movie as a kid

[@dcta51]

Just watched it on Netflix 👌🔥

[@79thump8]

He realized the best days of Hollywood movies are long gone. But he doesn't want to sit at home all day. Might as well keep the paychecks coming.

[@basquat76]

He only works one day per movie, so it's not to get out of the house. The paycheck is probably it.

[@jeffreymcgillivray5408]

Yea, that is why he gave up on Hollywood, he realized what it has become, and he probably wants no part of their insanity anymore.

[@derekazyan9942]

It will be a sad sad day when Scorsese and Tarantino retire

[@andyrob3259]

@@jeffreymcgillivray5408 Hollywood. Full of millennials remaking classic great movies rather than creating anything new, inserting as many virtual signals and box ticking as they can thereby destroying anything that actually made the original great. I used to go to the movies every week 5-6 years ago. Last 6 years there’s barely a movie that has raised my interest.

[@richierich2229]

@@andyrob3259 why are you guys acting like there are no good films anymore when that’s not the truth. There many great films being made. There will always be great movies directors and actors forever. Maybe blockbuster movies are shit sure I mean a lot of em are just remakes and shit. But there’s a lot of small independent films that are really really fucking good

[@burningmisery]

Bruce Willis was my first movie star idol. I adored the guy, loved his 'acting', and still love most of his good movies, but now I see what gets most actors down - their ego. I wanna make a movie about a grumpy old action movie star who gets to do one last action movie, but he can't because his wife got him banned from acting.

[@gerdokurt]

Bruce Willis was born in the house right next to my grandmas house and she sometimes took care of him because my auntie is in the same age! The WIllis family had 2 or 3 small rooms in the basement, they left germany when he was ~2 years old... Years ago, Bruce came back to visit his home town and he also visited the house where he was born.

[@JHallenbeck]

A lot of actors from Bruce Willis' era have been relegated to similar fates; starring in cheap VOD movies made by incompetent people who can't get jobs elsewhere. It's part of the consequence of Hollywood consolidation, i.e. studios investing big in only 3 or 4 tentpole films a year now and abandoning original mid-budget content altogether -- where most of these actors, Willis included, thrived. And I think guys like him have kind of accomplished and achieved as much as they were ever going to, so they don't have anything left to prove and I think that puts them on an autopilot. Also see Robert De Niro. It's really sad but getting older and being phased out of your own business can lead to this kind of terse indifference.

[@MechaJutaro]

Yeah, it's especially tough for these guys who've become associated with almost entirely with action roles. Willis has done impressive work in "non-genre" movies, it's true.... But these non-genre roles were mostly in flicks that have gone largely unseen

[@RaiceGeriko]

This. Folks just don't understand the business of Hollywood. I won't go into it in detail, but basically, we know who a lot of these A-List actors like Bruce WIllis are because of their work in 80's and 90's Mid-Budget films. These movies made so much money because they cost so little to make--well, so little to make compared to Tentpole films. Willis has a few hits in that category post 2000: Hostage and 16 Blocks comes to mind. Hostage was him doing his normal thing. But 16 Blocks--this video doesn't do it justice. He actually plays against type in that film. He's actually trying in that one. Bruce Willis should see about making a move to an Amazon series or something if he wants to get that sort of thing back. He maybe doesn't want to put in the work, though. He has nothing else to prove. That said, I'd love to see him play something like a Columbo or a Perry Mason. Not those exactly. Just something like that. It would be good for him in his Twilight years.

[@riffbw]

But not many had the same range as Willis did or the ability to branch out in to other genres. Arnie did some comedy, but drama was never his thing. Sly did some drama and shines as a writer, but I never saw much from him on the comedy front. Wills showed he didn't need to be type cast as an action hero, but kept taking the paychecks from roles that made him appear that he could only do one thing.

[@nms7872]

Liam Nesson still does small budget to mid budget films that are released in theatres.

[@DangerousDavies2008]

Stallone is from Bruce's era but he seems to have maintained enough studio power to pursue his own projects.

[@JamesBond-pu6qf]

The subtle ego of Tarintino: I can take a waffling actor and bring them back to life, like Frankensteins Monster

[@sam_the_man]

Yeah it’s funny Bruce is the big man until he’s put in the position of having the chance to work with a truly great director who he admires and then he’s like a puppy who tries really hard

[@essecara3275]

@@j74s98 well, I like Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs (a little bit of Pulp Fiction) but about the others ... nah

[@allaboutmusicmovies9606]

Thats not ego. Thats a fact 😍

[@AuspexAO]

@@sam_the_man Considering Pulp was supposed to go to Rourke, Bruce is damned lucky to have been cast. I love his performance, but the guy seems like an unprofessional ass.

[@AuspexAO]

@@essecara3275 We all have our "taste" I guess, lol.

[@user-jt5ot4hy9q]

I actually worked on Die Hard 3 and the story was that Bruce had loudly complained that unions and crew wages were the reasons that more films weren't being made. This didn't sit well with workers making a tiny fraction of his multi-million salary and at the end of the day Bruce found his car coated with spit and and urine.

[@abubaca2683]

As a union employee, I applaud his sentiment.

[@Themedusatouch89]

So a die hard 3 staff meeting kicked off.....lets put willis car into a mess....the best you could do,,,was spit...and urine....lol...he probably didnt even notice it.....In Ireland......he wouldnt find his car.

[@skaruts]

He was probably right, though. Unions always screw things up.

[@djzacmaniac]

At least you can order your own food still

[@SuperballsSupervidsOnYT]

@@abubaca2683 "I wonder why nobody likes unions"

[@dakotathacker3821]

Bruno the kid was awesome. You just dug up some real nostalgia feels with that segment dude.

[@zillsburyy1]

his movies are a dime a dozen now like steven segal and nick cage. thats what happened

[@thecunninlynguist]

Segal was never really that good of an actor...and Cage has tax problems...so I kinda understand those two...Willis...he just started giving no fucks

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Nicholas Cage is like if Johnny from Airplane had a cocaine addiction.

[@zillsburyy1]

@@thecunninlynguist segal looks like leather face

[@Locadel2003]

Bruce Willis & Nicolas Cage are better better actors than Steven Seagal.

[@zillsburyy1]

sadly jean claude has gone the same way with his movies

[@rmglover3191]

Your "Last Action Hero" observation is just *gold!*

[@MsUschi123]

"Now I'm not sure what day IS a good day to die hard but everyday is a good day to not watch this movie" Iconic.

[@ryanthompson1244]

Dutch scientists have determined that Wednesday is the best day to Die Hard.

[@PoMaQue]

The Expendables scene being the way it was, was for 2 reasons: Schwarzenegger was still governor and couldn't afford to do much more. Bruce Willis was cast at the last moment, after other actors couldn't/wouldn't take the part.

[@cheappyv5156]

I thought this guy needed this type of analysis the most... at the same time, he himself is probably the only one who could honestly answer the question

[@PunkRJH90]

Some of my favourite Bruce Willis films were Die Hard with a Vengeance, Die Hard, The Fifth Element, Pulp Fiction, Death Becomes Her, Loaded Weapon 1 (in a fun cameo), Unbreakable's good too.

[@malik87breaker]

"It's ok... It's ok...". Then they proceeded to the other trailer. Was it? :D

[@JV-ll1cu]

And Last Man Standing

[@Holesale00]

I admire him for doing whatever he wanted in his film career, defiantly an actor with range and a storied career.

[@tmiklos4]

I worked on striking distance And was around Bruce & Rowdy for about 90% of 1st unit shooting. There were no blowups or major disagreements on set between them... I don't know about any discussions that were out of the crews view... Bruce was very pleasant to the crew . Even when he and SJ got into a political discussion things were very civil... I worked 93 days on that movie and I was with 1 unit about 90% of that time. Now I don't know if Bruce's hand picked associate producer Carmine had too much pull behind the scenes. But on set there was no apparent issues..

[@zanethind]

Man I'm glad that I'm young and 17 years of age now and watching all three Die Hard Films was the best and Bruce Willis is one of my all time fav actors

[@lukegiacomo9447]

Watch THERE WILL BE BLOOD

[@TonberryShuffle]

I loved Split and that cameo ending had me screaming too. Same situation, even. No one understood why I was getting so excited but I couldn't contain myself.

[@kaoticwatching]

The ending needs a re amp. Seeing how he was in last years explains where a lot of how he became to be, you will be missed bruce Willis!!!

[@derworfnet]

I second that, perhaps when all his movies currently in post-production have come out?

[@jackbrown4120]

He isn't dying.

[@kaoticwatching]

@@jackbrown4120 who said he was? Idiot

[@112musician]

@@jackbrown4120 Aphasia is only a symptom of what is likely early onset Alzheimer's/Frontotemporal Dementia. As sad as it is, he is likely dying.

[@Welcome2TheOhioState]

Well this aged…. Just aged.

[@PerpetratorOfTruth]

M Night Shyamalan needs to make a video where it turns out that all the roles Bruce ever played are all just figments of Bruce's imagination.

[@s3.14dervision]

Nice..

[@Justdisco2]

The Last Boy Scout is his best film in my opinion, Then Die Hard and then Pulp fiction.

[@jarrett8042]

This^^^^^^

[@brandingforces]

Joe Hallenbeck !!!

[@ChrisMattchews82]

Last Boyscott is a go to from his collection and him and Keenan Ivory Wayne's were both at the height of their career and you can feel the mutual push back.

[@shaha9]

I tried to like boy scout and loved the trailer. I just did not feel for it. So sad.

[@ChrisMattchews82]

Shan Howerton no worries it’s just like a lethal weapon rip off with the music and wannabe gritty setting still love it

[@VX84]

One of his most underrated roles is in Nobody’s Fool. Love that film

[@helderalmeida2790]

Moon lighting. I loved that show when I was a kid and Bruce and his co star actress chemistry I couldn't get enough of those two characters

[@markula_4040]

NO, Die Hard 2 does not get skipped when binge watching the franchise. But of course you skip the last one because c'mon. Who even owns that one?

[@MrHuck]

Internet Tough Guy The 5th one sucks but the rest are good.

[@stavros693000]

@@MrHuck i didnt like the 2nd one much either, i mean it was ok but its one of the weaker entries imo.....the 1st and 3rd are awsome and 4th and 2nd was decent....yeah dont get me started with 5🤢

[@azlean5323]

The first 3 Die Hards are all great.

[@azlean5323]

@@stavros693000 First and third are my two faves as well!

[@torcheddreadnought899]

up until about 5 minutes ago I thought the 4th Die Hard was the bomb that killed the franchise...I had no idea they made another one that by the looks of it...finally did it in. I think ill just stop watching them at Die Hard With a Vengeance and think of it as a great trilogy.

[@cjmsutulla6796]

Die Hard with a vengeance opening scene was perfect remember

[@sudilos1172]

Okay I am sold! Anyone else not even make it half way through this before deciding to watch a Bruce movie? Maybe even a Marathon? Think I’ll start with some Die Hard.

[@davidwhite4686]

Bruce’s movies are iconic and Willis be missed.

[@grapeshot]

I heard what happened to him is that he's become a grumpy old man.

[@j.erickson8571]

He was born grumpy, dear lord...

[@lindah5011]

He got married and has two more daughters. His first wife lives close by, and everyone gets along. They all live in Idaho, most of the time. Must not be too grumpy.

[@grapeshot]

@@lindah5011 I stand by my comment grumpy old man plus they say he's hard to work with.

[@eclecticcerebro8287]

Sounds like a remake of a movie of the same name “grump old men”

[@blackbway]

The guy got old. I am 45 and I feel tired and old.

[@bringingyoulag4496]

Hudson Hawk was amazing, I loved it. Also, I never knew there was a sequel to "a whole nine yards" so thanks for choosing what I'm going to search for next.

[@joeanthony7759]

I'm sure you've watched it by now. It sucks.

[@turtleanton6539]

Sad but it really does

[@dilarabalc8318]

I loved the video. Most of our thoughts about Bruce Willis is the same. From 1995 to 2005 I watched all of his films and loved most of them. After 2000s his films became worse and worse. It was getting much hard to watch them. I think this is not only his fault. Hollywood films are getting worse and worse. Not only he bored, we bored of Hollywood films.

[@freesoultv1915]

Just found this channel and it is a really good movie stars review. Subscribed with bell notification ON :)

[@nicolaskeith8872]

In that Between Two Ferns episode, Galifinakis goes "did you some actors turn _down_ roles?" and it was magnificent.

[@johnlocke1977]

Try spell checking your work next time.

[@Dennzer1]

?

[@rhianor]

He stopped caring in the nineties... I think he's last good movie was Red...

[@thecunninlynguist]

I'd say the 00's...he still had that BW charm up to the late 90's

[@Locadel2003]

What about looper and moonrise kingdom of 2012🤔

[@ViktorKruger99]

I read recently that Bruce Willis became a bitter a-hole because he wanted more from his career, he also wanted to be a singer besides an actor. After Hudson Hawk (which I don't think is that bad) there was a change on him. Now he just doesn't care anymore, in fact I think he ruins the movies he is in.

[@Ineedgames]

@@ViktorKruger99 I don't see how he could have wanted more, he was one of the biggest actors at the time.

[@alandavis3715]

looper

[@sandorenckell5259]

He isn’t just bored, he’s got dementia

[@Ravyne]

Bruce was a good singer back in the day too. I have his album The Return of Bruno that came out in the late 80s. I could listen to him sing Under the Boardwalk for eternity. While I like his action movies, it is his comedy and serious movies that I like the most. Sixth Sense will probably be my favorite of all his movies.

[@Brook11223]

Simon Says was supposed to be Brandon Lee's vehicle. Lee had signed a 3 picture deal with first being Rapid Fire, Rapid Fire 2 and Simon Says. I think at one point Brandon Lee was supposed to play opposite Bruce Lee for Simon Says/Die Hard with a Vengeance but sadly passed away in 1993.

[@skipper4126]

The 90's were great to bruce, 2000's not so much, 2010 onwards, who cares. happens to all actors, very rare for an actor to be at the top of their craft all their career.

[@Locadel2003]

You are wrong. What about Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, mark whalberg, Tom Cruise, Liam neeson, will smith, brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Jackie chan, Robert Downey jr, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman they are still around with good movies and performances

[@Ausare911]

@@Locadel2003 I can't agree that all of these actors are still killing it but there is one you missed, Anthony Hopkins, who has aged like a fine wine and never fails to deliver.

[@Screenfunfacts]

@@Ausare911 I feel like Hopkins hasn't aged since SOTL.

[@eurosonly]

Unless you're handsome and are Tom Cruise.

[@MrDenzal27]

The best.

[@TheColieRO]

So sad now 😢

[@JasonMcNamara]

Hands down, this dude is my favourite JoBlo Narrator. Soooo much character and life in his voice & presentation.

[@callmesyr]

When I saw how long this videos lasts, my first reaction was "That's a long ass video." Then : "Makes sense though".

[@Locadel2003]

I still absolutely really love “Bandits” & “Hostage”. They are fun flicks

[@Jammermaker]

Wasn’t he the bad guy in Iron Man 2? Ivan Yanko I think

[@SininenVenom]

@@Jammermaker Yea (Vanko) and other "recent" stuff he was the satan in Dead in Tombstone. Surprisingly good modern western.

[@RickyG225]

Marlboro Man with Don J!

[@powerpete3111]

@@Jammermaker no

[@rlj1965]

The video is now irrelevant with the announcement of Bruce Willis' retirement as a result of Aphasia which fully explains his decline.

[@42k78]

"While filming The Whole Ten Yards, were you ever worried that it was going to be.... too good?" I'm still crying. That was so funny.

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

"Come out to the coast... We'll get together, and have a few laughs..."

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Very tricky with that accent Hans. You ought to be on f%&*#n TV with that accent.

[@janssenproductionsstopmoti9613]

When you hear the narrator say someone is "hard to work with". You know you´re in for a treat.

[@kennethjensen730]

You better Edit this now. We know now wtf happened with Bruce. Truely sad. As he said in one of his lastet interviews, he just wanted to do as much as he could, and have fun, while he still could.

[@WilAdams]

You didn't even mention his singing career, I guess because it was here and gone like the Flash in Justice League.

[@thevisionary2007]

The last time I was this early, Bruce Willis was doing Zima commercials!

[@standardofexcellence]

Lol

[@weedmastersr]

Can we talk about how adorable Mary Louise Parker is in that interview in which Bruce Willis is acting like an ass and she's trying to save it.

[@amparonarbona5142]

She’s wonderful

[@ernestinehopson8430]

I love Bruce. He is such a wonderful actor!!!

[@danielsaraolu5343]

Have you ever thought that he may want to play in other movies as a way of helping up and coming directors or other actors score a movie alongside a movie star like him? I believe it is rather generous of him to do it, many stars would not do that. I like Bruce Willis I didn't knew how he is in private but he is a human being like all of us, none of us are perfect. I am sure that deep inside he is a good person, maybe a bit upset for not being too lucky in his marriage, I can totally relate to that. You done a great job Bruce, keep enjoying and help new talents too.

[@Dampfish]

I know you usually only cover actors on WTF Happened, but I'd really like to see one about director John McTiernan. He may not be a household name but his films basically _defined_ the action genre.

[@jimmypopt.v.3037]

Nah, not really. Die Hard, Predator and at a stretch Die Hard 3.

[@wrj5187]

He played a good villian in The Jackal

[@EldergodUK]

"You just got to have a little faith."

[@fikri565]

One of my Bruce Willis fav role.

[@mitch45ac]

He finally made Jack Black shout up.

[@Kier4n99]

@@mitch45ac that shook me tbh, I wasn't ready for that

[@RickyG225]

Oh yeah, he certainly did. Very good performance!

[@tetsuoshima2314]

Great video! After that joke of a B-movie 'Cosmic Sin' this exact thought popped in my head.

[@Jealod24]

It’s sad that we now know he’s been dealing with major health issues for years

[@MrHootiedean]

Death Becomes Her and Mortal Thoughts are great films, and he's great in them!

[@nearvanaman]

I remember really liking "Mortal Thoughts" although I haven't seen it since it landed on VHS. The cast were great.

[@_sheebie]

12 Monkeys is my favorite movie. Wow that was a good one. 😉

[@pearce123456789]

Me too. I was wondering where it fell in the time line of his career.

[@spittinvenom9671]

Great flick.

[@derekazyan9942]

That was probably his best acting

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

me too I love the hell out of that movie and Bruce Willis is one of my all time favorite actors..I don't think 12 monkeys is my favorite from him but it never gets old..I remember first seeing it when I was 11 in 96 and it confused the hell out of me but I'm a sucker for time travel and I kept watching it over and over and finally when I was like 23 I began to understand it..mostly at least..some things I'm still confused about

[@alexisjigalin1006]

Bruce Willis is a true inspiration to all actors, if he can become a star: anybody can.

[@godzilla4005]

Bruce Willis is hot. He is so man. And he has one of the sexiest voice ive ever heard

[@johniliopoulos2988]

Jo Blow, you really do blow man. I never seen a vid on youtube with so many ads. Easy guy...easy.

[@nicholassiple7838]

Unbreakable was ahead of its time and one of my favorite movies of all time

[@ricsolomon8113]

Still one of my favorite actors...Die Hard 3, Fifth Element and Last Boyscout are some of my all time favorites

[@trevordelarosa3599]

Hey that's pretty damn cool you're from SA too. My hometown and current residence. It's great to see people from TX on KZbin

[@kuribayashi84]

I believe you should probably retool this video once Willis' final flick _(Assassin,_ due next month) has come out. I dunno, you can keep 90% of it as it is, but then add his remaining VOD-Flicks and a minute or two to adress the whole Aphasia-topic would be nice. Just a suggestion.

[@morganlangille4739]

i absolutely loved the "Death Wish" remake. it should be in his top ten in the last 10 years. Pretty cool!

[@tomjefferson2024]

Agreed, He's No Bronson, but He did a Great Job on Death Wish

[@grahamjackmacpherson6501]

It was awful and so was his performance

[@jackprescott9652]

@@grahamjackmacpherson6501 You right. Actors like Willis think all people are like those 2 airheads who think Willis die hard is good. Damn that was shitty remake!

[@grapeshot]

The GI Joe movies are a guilty pleasure for me.

[@v-trigger6137]

the first one is nowhere near perfect, but it still a enjoyable guilty pleasure fleck. the second one though was a boring atrocious crap, Dwyane Johnson highjacked that movie. the only good thing about the second one was Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow's acting (that dude is fucking badass, and he genuinely cares about the character he is playing. seriously whenever they will make a Gi Joe reboot, they should definitely bring him back to play SS)

[@grapeshot]

@@v-trigger6137 yeah I thought I was the only one I'm not a big fan of the second one either but Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow performances were very good.

[@sudilos1172]

I liked Hudson Hawk! “I got the power” that scene caused a riot in my house

[@chrisleyleonlewisiii9644]

I can say I grew up during the absolute glory days of cinema through the 80s and 90s tell me I'm wrong there will never be movies made ever again as those days Hollywood has just went straight downhill

[@beethovensfidelio]

Do a “WTF Happened” episode on Cameron Diaz!

[@weedmastersr]

She got old and is not as pretty anymore. Never had any talent other than sex appeal.

[@crawl9828]

oh please no dont do it, shes a bitch prima donna that cant act for shit and thinks she is hot bcoz perverts like her. she isnt sexy and is a know it all plus she wants to rule the scenes in every movie they put her in. as i said she is a bitch but cant even play that part good enough in movies so she dulls the movies she is in.

[@bigbabysld]

@@weedmastersr maaaan, she was so gorgeous in THE MASK

[@beethovensfidelio]

Protector of the Republic She also retired to be a mom, and she wrote a health book.

[@cassidystarchild7907]

She's worth $140 million and is currently an author after writing for InStyle for a few years.

[@LoadedGunn47]

The Last Action Hero analogy for A Good Day to Die Hard is unreal. Never will watch that movie the same way again, or at all even Also, Len Wiseman did a stellar job on Die Hard 4 far as I'm concerned, it's just unfortunate the uncut version was only released on DVD (cause it's definitely better)

[@barrylyndon2727]

Its on blu ray now

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

I read a story in the new yorker that Bruce Willis has been taken advantage of and doesn't know what is going on around him on the set, due to his dementia. That is sad.

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

FINALLY!! A WTF question in your countless videos that actually is a relevant question.

[@undefined7141]

I LOVED SEEING BRUCE IN AFGHANISTAN . I never knew he did a PTSD movie as well! LOVE THIS GUY!

[@nathanslay6342]

Bruce Willis is one of my favorite actors.

[@whtxombi4955]

A coworker worked security during the Atlanta Olympics at one of the celebrity entrances. Bruce, Demi and their kids arrived. Bruce shook his hand and asked for his name while Demi and their kids on the other hand were horrible. Bruce even apologized for them.

[@xavierbonnerdetroit7422]

Here's a fun fact Bruce Wills was also on an episode of Miami Vice In the 80s before he did Moonlighting

[@USAirsoft]

And that’s when I found out JoBlo was from my home city. Excellence.

[@Reaper285142]

Same, that was an interesting thing to know

[@Gogettor]

Isn’t Blo from Medellin?

[@masteroreality]

That's cool but the Spurs still suck

[@josephgogan1546]

Yes

[@thegillmanedits]

I have no idea why everyone expected Glass to be an all out battle or something. The series is primarily psychological up to that point.

[@michaeljohnson465]

Bruce Willis was in a lot of great movies because Bruce Willis is a great actor. He even took a pay cut for a good script. Plus he is still making great movies. Death Wish was great, and so was Red one and two. I have always loved this guy and I still do.

[@brucewayne5470]

Bruce Willis needs to team up with Netflix and make some straight to Netflix gems .

[@VashStarwind]

Netflix gems is an oxymoron lol

[@likecrazyhorse]

I couldn't be convinced that all 3 were even in the same building during that Expendables scene.

[@jonnyfennessy9812]

4got to mention that his birth name is Walter. Blind date btw is a 80s classic absolutely funny along with John Larroquette & a smoking Kim Basinger.

[@half101080]

No mention of him starring in the 8th episode of the 1st season of Miami Vice (name of the episode: "No Exit")!

[@nomadbynature8811]

You forgot his Seagrems commercials. That song is still stuck in my head.