FOR his legions of fans, it was a shock to hear Bruce Willis announcing his retirement — but it came as no surprise to those who worked with the action movie legend.
For them, there had been signs for some years that the actor had been battling a cognitive brain disorder that leaves the sufferer unable to process language.
Within hours of the statement from his family announcing he would be “stepping away from the career that meant so much to him” due to his aphasia diagnosis, it emerged that his lines in recent scripts were cut down.
It wasn’t uncommon for Bruce to spend no more than a day on set, with directors doing their best to accommodate his condition.
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