What paid for the dizzying success of Bruce Willis

67-year-old American actor Bruce Willis.He who has been seen countless times on the screen will no longer be able to work in movies. This was stated by the eldest daughter of the militant hero. It turned out that the man was diagnosed with aphasia - a speech disorder, which is accompanied by difficulties with understanding speech and choosing words. This also affects reading and writing.

And so the editorial board. "Site" He offers to find out what Bruce Willis lives now, how he went to dizzying success and why he decided to become an actor. It is surprising that in his youth he worked as a security guard and bartender, and after the beginning of his acting career he tried to build the image of a comedian. It is even more surprising that his roles as courageous and fearless guys were made famous.



Bruce Willis (now Walter Bruce Willis) was born on March 19, 1955 in West Germany. The mother of the future actor was German, the father was American military. Two years after the birth, the family moved to the United States. And in the early years, parents faced a problem. The thing is, Bruce stuttered a lot.



During his school years, the boy began to attend the school drama circle. That's because the performances on stage helped him to adjust his speech. After graduating from high school, Bruce Willis worked as a security guard at a gas station. And after studying at the drama department of Montclair State University went to New York. Here he worked as a bartender, trying to build an acting career in parallel.

For a long time, Bruce Willis did nothing. His attempts to achieve success on stage or television did not bring the desired results. The man increasingly found solace in strong drinks. He continued to pursue every opportunity he had.



Thanks to playing on the stages of little-known theaters and performing episodic roles in some TV projects, Willis still drew attention. He was invited to the role of a private investigator in the series “Moonlight”. This was the beginning of an extremely successful acting career.

He played convincingly on set. However, in addition to this, the promotion of Bruce Willis helped journalists. Sharks pen came up with him an affair with already known at the time actress Sibyll Shepherd, who also starred in the aforementioned series. It stoked public interest.



Although already in 1987, Bruce Willis met aspiring actress Demi Moore, whom he married in November of the same year. And in 1988, the first part of Die Hard was released, where Willis played a police officer John McClain. It was this series of films that made Bruce a real movie star.

Of course, among the iconic films for the career of Bruce Willis, you can note Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, Nine Yards, Sin City, RED and others. What to say, if the filmography of one of the most paid actors in Hollywood has more than a hundred films.



GettyImages In recent years, it can’t be said that Bruce Willis had any overly successful film work. For example, he was recently nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for all 8 films in 2021.

However, the news of the diagnosis of the celebrity forced the organizers of the anti-award to abandon attacks. They said that if the state of health affects the acting, then it is unacceptable to talk about any anti-awards. And it's hard to disagree with them.

Bruce Willis is being treated by the best doctors. 43-year-old wife Emma Hemming hired an assistant, as she alone is difficult to care for her husband. Although this is not surprising, the couple also have two young daughters: 10-year-old Mabel and 7-year-old Evelyn.



GettyImages hope Bruce Willis and his family make it through this ordeal. As for his legacy in cinema, it is already outstanding. Even the bad projects of the last few years will not ruin it.

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