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Ionian
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ManaByte
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I’m not sure you have a frame of reference here. There are these scummy direct to video producers who have been making “Bruce Willis” movies where he’s not really in the movie. They just CG his head on someone else and then promote the movie like he’s in it.
Ionian
Member
Insane Metal
Member
He hasn't been acting in a long time.
OT, hope he gets better.
OT, hope he gets better.
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LaughingStock
Member
"It's the dude from Moonlightning" I thought while watching Die Hard for the first time.
Good night sweet prince.
Good night sweet prince.
Burning Blade
Member
Wonder if it’s expressive or receptive aphasia? Truly a horrible diagnosis either way. I hope his years going forward are comfortable and filled with the love of the people closest to him.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
I feel like Bruce Willis is an actor who earned his end of career coast. Die Hard, The 5th Element, Looper, The Whole 9 Yards. The man has carried amazing movies on his shoulders. I think fans knew what they were going to get after the most recent Die Hard movie, and anyone who watched his movies did it mostly to support him rather than because they expected something great.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
Big fan of his work. Sad to hear this
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Not really a diagnosis, just a symptom. I imagine the family doesn't want to share. Either way, sad to hear.
Scotty W
Member
I agree it sucks, but I don’t think it is covid related. I remember watching the behind the scenes from his Doraemon commercial a few years ago and being struck at how blank he was.
FunkMiller
Member
By some accounts the guy could be a real jerk, but he’s still responsible for the single greatest performance in an action movie of all time, and a selection of mainstream work any actor would be proud of. I hope he finds a measure of peace and tranquility in whatever he’s going through.
Yippee Ki-yay, mother fucker.
Yippee Ki-yay, mother fucker.
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
He got mostly def on one ear from the filming of die hard (blank went off right next to his ear) afaik. Must be brutal to have bad hearing and "speech impediment".
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Aphasia is the consequence of dementia, Alzheimer, etc, not the illness per se.
Source: my family.
Looks like he couldn’t make films 2 years ago .. very sad all this ..
Hoe did he even manage the last 2 years ?
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levyjl1988
Banned
Bruce Willis having Aphasia is a disability, and it is good Bruce is taking the time off, it is well deserved.
Pinkett Smith having Alopecia is not a disability, it is just losing your damn hair, and Bruce Willis lost it many years ago.
Honestly, Hollywood is fucked, when determining what is more impacting. The Wakandas have bald heads anyways, and being called G.I. Jane is a show of strength misconstrued by Will Smith.
Pinkett Smith having Alopecia is not a disability, it is just losing your damn hair, and Bruce Willis lost it many years ago.
Honestly, Hollywood is fucked, when determining what is more impacting. The Wakandas have bald heads anyways, and being called G.I. Jane is a show of strength misconstrued by Will Smith.
strange headache
Banned
Terrible thing to be confronted to one's own mortality like that.
Stay strong Bruce and stay proud.
Stay strong Bruce and stay proud.
ResilientBanana
Member
I don't think he was exploited, I was under the impression that he wanted to save the money.
FunkMiller
Member
I kinda don't buy the whole "he wanted to make a heap of money before stopping" reasoning behind all those godawful movies. Bruce Willis has been a multimillionaire for many years. I can well believe that someone would exploit a mentally ill man with a famous face for their own gain. I really hope not, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Edit: Ugh. Here's the full story.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder
From reading it, it looks like people really didn't have Bruce's best interests at heart.
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Do you really think that’s going to stop some scumbag Hollywood producer editing his face into their film? If you honestly think they wouldn’t, you’re naive.
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
Bruce was always one of my favorites. Sad to see him go. Hope he can enjoy all the money from those shitty movies now, he deserves it. Wp man!
PumpkinPie
Banned
I don't think his family would allow him to be exploited. He always seemed close to Demi and his daughters, so I think they'd put a stop to it if he was being made to work.
Thaedolus
Member
My wife says she’s never seen anyone who has aphasia that didn’t have a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Also, she read something about Bruce having other cognitive difficulties, which don’t tend to go hand in hand with aphasia.
In any case, wish him and his family the best, it’s a shit hand to be dealt.
Kadve
Member
He was apparently hit in the head by a "hot shell casing" (ie, shell from a blank) while filming Tears of the Sun back in 2002. Some people theorize it might have been the onset.
Bruce Willis' friends fear aphasia is linked to 2002 movie set injury
Friends of Bruce Willis, 67, believe that a head injury on the set of a 2002 action movie could be the cause of his debilitating brain disease, but a special effects worker on the movie denied it.
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Torrent of Pork
Banned
Brain debilitations like this are one of my greatest fears as somebody with a family history of schizophrenia.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Yeah, I had a stroke in 2017, and one of the first signs something was up was the (thank God) temporary aphasia. It's super weird, because your brain is functioning properly (at least in my case, I haven't done much research) so you're THINKING correctly, but your brain sticks It's hand in the hat and just pulls out whatever is there. Certain things I said were complete bullshit, but the majority of the things I said were tangentially related to what I was TRYING to say, so my brain was just kind of...lost? Like right neighborhood, but it had to go door to door to find the address. Examples:
I initially realized how fucked up I was and texted my ex fiancee at like 3 in the morning asking her to bring me some Tylenol and take me to the hospital. I thought I had succinctly relayed this, but the actual text said something along the lines of "I need drugs, take me to academia," which is similar, I guess. Doctors go to college, otc pills are drugs, etc.
As I was trying to get a handle on my speech, the nurses suggested one of my friends or family would point to an object, and I'd say the name of it. There was a painting of a school of fish in the stroke ward (the fish were in water, not the stroke ward, but the painting was there. Thought that needed clarified, would have been much more quirky the other way around, though) and I exclaimed, "Those are shits!" Now, obviously it wasn't a painting of dukes, but shit and fish are super similar in spelling, so my brain was like "Yeah, close enough!"
Last example, and it's a simple one: I'd get asked yes or no questions when I was first admitted. And the questions were like "Are you a male?" "Is your birthday correct on your license?" Etc. Obvious yes answers. And my ass would be like "NOPE!"
So yeah, on a more permanent basis, this shit would be absolutely career wrecking, especially if it's in a later stage. Hope he has as good a support system as the publicity indicates. Strength and resilience on them all. For my part it's mostly gone. Sometimes in longer rants, I'll miss a word in a sentence (when typing) and sometimes that changes the entire meaning of the sentence and it sucks. But speech is ace now. McClane has my sword.