Bruce Willis, a famous Hollywood movie star, suffered from aphasia, and his family issued a joint statement saying that he had withdrawn from the film industry.
(Observer News) According to foreign media reports such as variety on the 30th, the family of Bruce Willis, a famous Hollywood action movie star who just celebrated his 67th birthday, recently issued a joint statement, announcing that Bruce was recently diagnosed with aphasia, and his condition has affected his cognitive ability, so he decided to officially stop filming.
On the 30th, Bruce’s two wives and five daughters issued a joint statement saying that Bruce had been troubled by health problems until he was recently diagnosed with aphasia, and his condition had affected his cognitive ability. After careful consideration, he decided to end his career, announced his formal retirement and tide over the difficulties with the company of his family.
In the statement, Bruce’s family thanked all the fans for their care and support over the years. "Our big family is going through all this, and we hope the fans can accompany us through this moment, because we know how important he is to you, and you are also very important to him … As Bruce often said,’ Live well and enjoy yourself’, and we will do the same."
According to US media reports, Bruce’s family did not mention the cause of his illness, and aphasia has many potential causes, which may occur after head injury or stroke, or it may be a precursor of brain tumor or Alzheimer’s disease.
Aphasia patients may have language expression difficulties in speaking, reading or writing, but their intelligence is not affected, but it also means that Bruce is losing his ability to read and speak. Such patients usually receive speech therapy and learn nonverbal communication methods.
In 1985, Bruce Willis, who debuted on Broadway, received the opportunity to star in the TV series "Blue Moonlight", where he played a charming and outstanding detective, which became popular.
But the most important turning point in his acting career was his participation in the classic action movie Die Hard Rowen released in 1988. Bruce successfully created the role of "John Maclean, a lone detective who can’t be killed" in this film, and gained great popularity. He successfully entered the Hollywood A-list male star club and was a red foot for 30 years.
With this gold-lettered signboard, Bruce’s "John Maclean" was selected as the "Top 20 Policemen in Film History" by the authoritative British magazine TotalFilm, and ranked first among the "Top 25 Action Heroes in Film History" selected by American Entertainment Weekly.
"Die Hard Rowen" stills
In addition to the six series Die Hard Rowen, Bruce Willis’s representative works also include the high-scoring suspense film The Sixth Sense, the sci-fi thriller 12 Monkeys, the classic sci-fi film The Fifth Element, disaster movie’s The End of the World and the Expendables series.
Stills of The Fifth Element
Stills of the Sixth Sense
Stills of Red Battlefield
In recent years, although Bruce has faded out of public view, he has not stopped acting during this period. However, since 2015, most of his works are low-cost B-class action films with poor quality.
The movies on IMDb are rated, and the highest one is only 4.2 points (out of 10 points). Among the 15 worst movies published by Metacritic in 2021, the movie starring Bruce has been on the list for many times, and has been appraised as the new "king of bad movies", surpassing Nicolas Cage.
The Golden Raspberry Awards Prize for the worst film of the year in the United States is announced every year the day before the Oscars are announced. In addition to fixed awards, organizers "customize" awards for the worst films or filmmakers of the year almost every year.
Just recently announced the Golden Raspberry Award (26th), this year they awarded Bruce, who made eight bad films in 2021, a special award called "the worst performance of Bruce Willis movies in 2021".
However, when the news of Bruce’s death from illness shocked fans around the world today, the Golden Raspberry Awards Prize apologized on its official social media and wished Bruce and his family to tide over the difficulties: "I’m sorry to hear about Bruce Willis’s illness. Maybe this explains why he wants to make a big move in 2021. We extend our best wishes to Bruce and his family. By the way, to clarify, like everyone else, we didn’t know the news of his illness until this morning … "
According to the Associated Press, there are at least six films that Bruce has finished shooting, which are scheduled to be released this year and next year, including Die Like a Lover, Corrective Measures and Wrong Place.
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