{"id":424397,"date":"2022-03-31T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bruce-willis-misfired-guns-on-set-amid-cognitive-struggles-report\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T15:12:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:12:42","slug":"bruce-willis-misfired-guns-on-set-amid-cognitive-struggles-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bruce-willis-misfired-guns-on-set-amid-cognitive-struggles-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bruce Willis misfired guns on set amid cognitive struggles: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289ead2777f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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report.<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old \u201cDie Hard\u201d star, whose family announced Wednesday he had received the brain disorder diagnosis, had been exhibiting signs of decline on set in recent years, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2022-03-30\/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder\">nearly two dozen sources concerned about his well-being told the Los Angeles Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d star \u2014 who was often paid $2 million for two days of work \u2014 struggled with an inability to remember his lines and was fed his words through an earpiece known in the industry as an \u201cearwig,\u201d several sources told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>A body double was used in most action scenes, particularly those that involved the use of prop guns, the LA Times reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bruce Willis\" class=\"wp-image-21727360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting amid cognitive difficulties caused by aphasia.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-06.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Action star Bruce Willis' new movie &quot;Surrogates&quot; filmed on\" class=\"wp-image-21727363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis misfired a gun loaded with a blank on a movie set two years ago.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Splash<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the set of \u201cHard Kill\u201d in Cincinnati two years ago, Willis allegedly fired a gun on the wrong cue, according to the outlet, which cited two people familiar with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt and the movie\u2019s producer disputed that the incident occurred, but the actors and crew members were alarmed by the alleged discharge from the firearm, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Another gun incident occurred on the set of \u201cHard Kill\u201d in 2020, when actress Lala Kent, playing Willis\u2019 daughter, was supposed to be protected by his character from villains.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-09.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bruce Willis is spotted for the first time on his new movie 'Paradise City', filming in Maui, Hawaii\" class=\"wp-image-21727366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis had been exhibiting signs of decline on set in recent years.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TheImageDirect.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m supposed to think my life is about to end, and then my dad steps in to save the day,\u201d Kent told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Willis was supposed to deliver a line that served as her cue to duck before he fired a gun \u2013 but he discharged the firearm without uttering the line, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause my back was to him, I wasn\u2019t aware of what was h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening behind me. But the first time, it was like, \u2018No big deal, let\u2019s reset,\u2019\u201d Kent told the paper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-12.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis attend Demi Moore's 'Inside Out' Book Party on September 23, 2019 \" class=\"wp-image-21727369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis attend Demi Moore\u2019s \u201cInside Out\u201d book party on September 23, 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for goop<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said that although she asked director Matt Eskandari to remind Willis to say his line before firing again in the next take, the same thing happened.<\/p>\n<p>Eskandari did not respond to calls from the newspaper seeking comment, but another staffer said he remembered Kent being shaken, and a third crew member said he recalled an incident in which Willis \u201cdid fire the gun on the wrong line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crew member told the paper: \u201cWe always made sure no one was in the line of fire when he was handling guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-11.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bruce Willis running with automatic weapon in a scene from the film 'Die Hard', 1988.\" class=\"wp-image-21727371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis running with an automatic weapon in a scene from the film \u201cDie Hard,\u201d 1988.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">20th Century-Fox\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film\u2019s armorer denied that the incident occurred and Randall Emmett \u2014 Kent\u2019s former fiance and co-founder of Emmett\/Furla Oasis, who has worked on 20 Willis <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> \u2014 also disputed that Willis fired a gun prematurely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fully support Bruce and his family during this challenging time and admire him for his courage in battling this difficult medical condition. Bruce will always be a part of our family,\u201d Emmett told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Burns, who directed Willis in last year\u2019s action thriller \u201cOut of Death,\u201d sent the movie\u2019s screenwriter an alarming email in June 2020, writing, \u201cIt looks like we need to knock down Bruce\u2019s page count by about 5 pages,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2022-03-30\/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder\">the Los Angeles Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-10.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bruce Willis\" class=\"wp-image-21727373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis was often paid $2 million for two days of work.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a920th Century Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"821\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-05.jpg?w=821\" alt=\"Willis\u2019 ex-wife, Demi Moore, posted a photo with the actor less than two weeks before the announcement was made\" class=\"wp-image-21727376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1642 1642w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1232 1231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=821 821w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=411 410w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis\u2019 ex-wife, Demi Moore, posted a photo with the actor less than two weeks before the announcement was made.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ Demi Moore<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe also need to abbreviate his dialogue a bit so that there are no monologues, etc.,\u201d he added, according to the paper, which spoke with nearly two dozen people who had expressed concern about Willis\u2019 well-being.<\/p>\n<p>But Burns said he had been unaware of the severity of Willis\u2019 mental condition until the actor showed up on set in the film, which was among 22 movies the actor churned out in four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the first day of working with Bruce, I could see it firsthand and I realized that there was a bigger issue at stake here and why I had been asked to shorten his lines,\u201d Burns told the LA Times.<\/p>\n<p>The director said he was forced to cut all of Willis\u2019 scenes \u2014 about 25 pages of dialogue \u2014 into a single-day shoot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The family of Bruce Willis announced on Wednesday 30\/03\/2022 that the 67-year-old actor will retire from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ability to communicate.\" class=\"wp-image-21727381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis will retire from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ability to communicate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Volcov\/Brazil Photo Press \/ SplashNews.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Burns said he eventually decided not to do any more Willis movies after his experience on the set of \u201cWrong Place\u201d last year.<\/p>\n<p>Before the shoot, he reportedly asked one of Willis\u2019 associates how the actor was doing and was told that he was \u201cway better than last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took him at his word,\u201d Burns told the paper, referring to the associate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bruce Willis, 2007\" class=\"wp-image-21727394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis last year perplexingly asked what he was doing on a film set.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> But he said he soon realized that Willis \u201cwas worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter we finished, I said, \u2018I\u2019m done. I\u2019m not going to do any other Bruce Willis movies.\u2019 I am relieved that he is taking time off,\u201d Burns said.<\/p>\n<p>Another startling episode occurred on the set of the low-budget flick \u201cWhite Elephant,\u201d whose director Jesse Johnson said \u201cit was clear that he was not the Bruce I remembered,\u201d the paper reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-03.jpg?w=675\" alt=\"Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis\" class=\"wp-image-21727396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1012 1012w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=675 675w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=337 337w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis attend the \u201cMotherless Brooklyn\u201d premiere during 57th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, October 11, 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Lev Radin\/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When he asked the actor\u2019s team about his condition, \u201cthey stated that he was happy to be there, but that it would be best if we could finish shooting him by lunch and let him go early,\u201d Johnson told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Two crew members reportedly said that Willis asked, \u201cI know why you\u2019re here, and I know why you\u2019re here, but why am I here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the sources said, \u201cIt was less of an annoyance and more like: \u2018How do we not make Bruce look bad?\u2019 Someone would give him a line and he didn\u2019t understand what it meant. He was just being puppeted.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-02.jpg?w=630\" alt=\"Stuart F. Wilson, Bruce Willis stunt double\" class=\"wp-image-21727404\" width=\"619\" height=\"1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1238w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=927 928w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=619 619w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis\u2019 longtime stunt double Stuart Wilson described the actor\u2019s changes in an interview with the US Sun.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bobby Bank\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A representative for Willis declined to comment to the LA Times.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Willis\u2019 longtime stunt double Stuart Wilson described the actor\u2019s changes in an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/5015168\/bruce-willis-stunt-double-changed-before-aphasia-diagnosis\/\">interview with the US Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had seen some changes, but a lot of times with bigger celebrities that are really, really popular like, like Bruce, they have a million different things going on,\u201d Wilson told the outlet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-04.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Bruce Willis and Wife Emma Heming Celebrate Her Birthday With His Ex Demi Moore and Daughter Rumer\" class=\"wp-image-21727410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis celebrate her birthday with Demi Moore and Rumer Willis.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSometimes when you were talking to him, he just seemed sidetracked and we would think it would mean nothing but you would wonder if there are other things going on,\u201d said the stuntman, who worked with Willis for 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we knew there was other stuff going on at a certain point in time. We realized because he\u2019s getting tested for different things, but at the time we didn\u2019t know exactly what it was,\u201d Wilson added.<\/p>\n<p>He said he noticed slight changes in Willis\u2019 appearance when he saw him two weeks ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just a little leaner now but never was a big eater anyway. You know, when we go out to dinner, he\u2019d order you know quite a bit of stuff and he just picks at it,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-01.jpg?w=852\" alt=\"Stuart F. Wilson ( Bruce Willis Stunt Double)\" class=\"wp-image-21727420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1704 1704w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1277 1278w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=852 852w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=426 426w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bruce-willis-cognitive-decline-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\"\/><figcaption>Stuart F. Wilson, Bruce Willis\u2019 stunt double, noted that using an earpiece to be fed lines is not that unusual.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bobby Bank\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo he\u2019s a little leaner. When I saw him a couple weeks ago, he\u2019s just a little leaner than normal but not emaciated, and he\u2019s always been in pretty good shape,\u201d he added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The stunt double also noted that using an earpiece to be fed lines is not that unusual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was doing \u2018Misery\u2019 on Broadway, a guy named Adam, who\u2019s an actor and also does what they call an earwig,\u201d he told the US Sun. \u201cHe would use an earwig on occasion just to help out, especially if it was very dialogue-heavy and we just flew in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got all this stuff to do. And he just got off another film. 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