all Hollywood Yesand I felt sad when the family of Bruce Willis reported via a statement on social networks that the the actor allegedly abandoned his career due to aphasiaa cognitive disorder which, among other things, involves a speech disorder and the ability to speak or write.
Now, a hypothesis has arisen that says so this illness is due to an accident that occurred during filming in 2003 the movie Tears of the sun.
According to the newspaper the sunBruce Willis would have suffered a blow during the recording of the war film directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Following this incident, in 2004 the actor of Die Hard sued Revolution Studios, the production company behind the film, and to head of special effects, Joe Pancake, for negligence. Willis claimed that he “sustained serious mental and physical injuries” in October 2002 when he was shot in the forehead in the studio.
how did the accident go
The actor explained that the bullet had been detonated by the special effects team as part of a pyrotechnic explosion during filming, but something went wrong and hit him. In the lawsuit he claimed that because of this fact “he had endured extreme mental, physical, and emotional pain and suffering”.
Joe Pancake, in statements to the medium Daily mail, commented that “the judge just laughed at him (at Bruce Willis) and walked him out of the courtroom.” Furthermore, he considered it “nonsense” that his aphasia was a product of the accident, attributing it it makes no sense for the symptoms to suddenly appear after twenty years.
However, it is contradicted by a report from The New York Timeswhich shows that it is possible that the mess appears years after the blow was struck.
Along these lines, those around the actor told The Sun that they believe the hypothesis that this incident caused his aphasia. A friend of Willis explained it this way: “The changes began to be noticed about five years ago. It was no big deal at first, just little things, like needing help with cables when using headphones during a recording,” she said.
He added: “Everyone those of us who knew him realized something was wrongWe just didn’t know the exact diagnosis, nothing but something was cognitively wrong and this was no secret. Also, this specific diagnosis and the fact that he would never act again came as a surprise to everyone.”
What has changed to continue acting
Within hours of his family’s statement announcing his illness, it emerged that his lines were getting shorter and simpler. Furthermore, it had become common for the actor to spend less than a day on set, as the directors tried to adapt as best as possible to the difficulties the German presented while working.
In this sense, commented Stuart F. Wilson, his stunt double for 17 years the sun that “we had seen some changes. Sometimes when you talked to him, he seemed distracted and we thought it didn’t mean anything, but you wondered if there were other things going on.”
Willis’ colleagues in the film White elephant (2022) reported that the actor appeared to be confused at times during filming. He also asked two team members, “I know why you’re here, but why am I here?” Also, the newspaper Los Angeles Times reported that he fired a dummy gun twice while taping Die Hard in 2020.
Other workers also said the actor had to wear a hearing aid to remember his lines. In this sense, Mike Burns, director of Out of Death (2021), would have told the screenwriter to keep the actor’s lines “short and concise”.
Even Burns, after directing another film with Willis, commented that he felt he could not work with him again due to difficulties during filming. “After I finished, I said, ‘I’m not going to do another Bruce Willis film.’ I’m relieved that she’s taking a break,” she explained after learning she was retiring from acting.
In 2010, director Kevin Smith complained about the actor’s bad behavior on the set of loophole (2010). However, following the announcement, the family apologized for making “insignificant” complaints about the actor’s professionalism, whether or not related to his condition.
The good news
Meanwhile, Bruce Willis’ family was expecting a “Christmas miracle” after the actor was diagnosed with aphasia.
And these have come thanks to daughter Rumer, who confirmed via Instagram that Demi Moore (the actor’s ex-wife) and Bruce Willis will become grandparents for the first time.
On her Instagram she posted photos of her baby bump, where she is seen in an advanced state of pregnancy. Although she has not revealed the gender of the baby on the way.
Source: Clarin
