On October 23, according to Hong Kong media reports, Hollywood action actor Bruce Willis' aphasia worsened, and his friend Stallone confided in Bruce's recent situation in an interview with the media, and Stallone said that he was not very optimistic.
Stallone recently interviewed the media, he said that as early as 5 years ago, he sensed that Bruce had a strange condition, because people who used to be very talkative suddenly became very quiet. As a result, at the beginning of this year, Bruce announced his retirement due to aphasia. Stallone has also made a lot of calls to Bruce recently, only to find that he cannot communicate fluently, which makes Stallone feel very sad.
At the end of March of this year, Bruce Willis' family and ex-wife issued a joint statement, saying that Bruce was experiencing some health problems, was diagnosed with aphasia, which had affected his cognitive ability, so, after much deliberation, Bruce decided to quit the film and television industry.
As for why he developed aphasia, Bruce's family did not mention the reason, but there are many underlying causes of aphasia, such as stroke, or head injury, or it can be a precursor to brain tumor or Alzheimer's disease.
After Bruce's statement was made public, his friend Stallone immediately posted a photo with Bruce and posted a prayer for Bruce and his family. It is rumored that the two once fell out during the filming of "Blood Mission", but then Stallone apologized first, and the two got back together, and may have had the opportunity to work together again, but I didn't expect Bruce to suffer from aphasia, and on the screen, I can no longer see the cooperation of the two friends.
And Bruce's illness is actually suspected to have early signs, some media found that Bruce was wearing flesh-colored headphones when filming "The Ultimate Siege", was suspected of not being able to remember his lines, and needed to use a teleprompter, but it was also pointed out that it may only be a hearing aid, because he was hearing damaged as early as when filming "The Ultimate Detective" because he used a prop gun too close. Regardless of his physical condition, the outside world has always praised him for his dedication to making every movie.
Throughout the film industry for decades, Bruce has also filmed many classic works, such as "Red Flame Battlefield", "The Expendables", and "Die Hard". These popular action movies have gained Bruce Willis countless fans, but since 2015, the quality of his works has begun to decline, and they are all low-cost B-grade action movies.
Foreign media have announced the 15 worst movies in 2021, and the films starring Bruce have been on the list many times, surpassing Nicolas Cage to become the new "king of bad movies". The Golden Raspberry Award also gave him a special award "Bruce's Worst Film of the Year" to mock. But with the announcement of Bruce's retirement, countless fans began to attack the Golden Raspberry Award, and later the Golden Raspberry Award official came forward to solemnly apologize.
The Golden Raspberry Award official said that he was very sorry for Bruce's diagnosed condition, which may explain why he took on so many movies in 2021, and offered his deepest condolences to Bruce and others' families. However, netizens still did not appreciate this response and continued to criticize, and the Golden Raspberry Award responded: It must be clarified that we learned of Bruce's illness at the same time as you. The implication is not that he is so mocking knowing that he is sick.
Whether it's a classic tough guy or the king of bad movies, Bruce Willis can no longer continue to engage in the profession he loves in front of the screen, no matter what the reason for his illness, the audience hopes that he can be safe and better.