Bruce Willis Used to Give Money from His Pocket to Set Workers
It has come to light that Bruce Willis, who has been battling dementia for some time and retired from acting, would give money from his own pocket to workers on the set of the 1998 film “Armageddon.” Bruce Willis, one of the leading figures in action films, was diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that affects speech, understanding spoken language, and reading and writing skills, as a result of dysfunction in certain areas of the brain.
Due to his illness, Willis retired from acting and began battling frontotemporal dementia away from the spotlight. The veteran actor had taken on the lead role in the 1998 film “Armageddon.” The film’s producer, Jerry Bruckheimer (of “Pirates of the Caribbean” fame), spoke highly of the actor. Bruckheimer told People magazine that Bruce Willis was very generous on the set of the 1998 box office hit film “Armageddon” and made sure to give money to set workers to ensure there was “extra cash on weekends.”
“Bruce was a very good guy. He was very generous to the set workers. There would be raffles, and he would throw a lot of money into the hat,” Bruckheimer said. Describing Willis as “a giving person” and “a good friend,” the producer also added that the actor would give money from his pocket to increase the prize in raffles.
In the film directed by Michael Bay, Willis shared the lead roles with Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, and Ben Affleck. The movie “Armageddon” follows a group tasked by NASA to go into space and detonate a nuclear bomb in the core of a massive asteroid to prevent it from colliding with Earth. With a worldwide box office revenue of $553.7 million, the film became the highest-grossing production of 1998.
