35 Things You Might Not Have Known about the Action Star #2 - Bruce Wilis

 

1. He has dementia.
2. A movie category at the Razzie Awards was named after him: "Worst Bruce Willis Film".
3. It was then removed because the Razzie awarders were unaware he had dementia.
4. He played John McClane in Die Hard because the producers were looking for a person to bring humour to the film.
5. He offered 1 million to anyone who would bring in Al-Qaeda terrorists in 2005.
6.  Filmed his scenes in "Mortal Thoughts" in 10 days.
7. He divorced in 1998 for no reason.
8. In 1997 he stated he wouldn't do any more violent movies. 
9. Then the next two Die Hards released in 2007 and 2013.
10. Then he said it again in 2001.
11. And again in 2013.
12. He was the first guest actor to appear on Friends (1993)
13. Speaking of Friends, the characters on the show are big fans of Die Hard 1 & 2.
14. He is left handed but learned to right with both hands in 1998.
15. He won an Emmy for his role in Friends.
16. He turned down the role of a ghost for the film 'Ghost' in 1990 because he thought it would ruin his career.
17. Ironically one of his most critically acclaimed films was released in 1999 and had him playing a ghost. 
18. Bruce Willis did all of McClane's stunts in Die Hard.
19. Only celebrity to show up at Julia Robert's 1994 wedding.
20. Most bloopers of Die Hard feature Willis trying to add light-hearted humor to the movie.
21. First actor to voice a character in a video game.
22. Made songs as a teenager
23. One of those songs are about cheeseburgers.
24. He had been acting for 30 years before acting in a family feature film (The Kid in 2000).
25. He reprised the John McClane role from Die Hard 1-2 in Loaded Weapon (1993).
26. The only reason he starred in an episode of Friends was because he lost a bet.
27. He stuttered as a kid a lot.
28. He stopped stuttering as an actor.
29. His character from Moonlighting (1985) was supposedly accurate to Willis at the time.
30. He wears his watch upside down.
31. He also does this in movies like Die Hard III and Mercury Rising
32. In the last episode of Moonlighting a Die Hard poster is ripped down from a video rental store.
33. Bruce Willis was the last person to audition for Moonlighting.
34. Willis did not get along with his costar in Moonlighting.
35. He filled in for David Letterman on an episode he was supposed to star in.