H’wood’s shameful exploitation of Bruce Willis: ‘It’s just so sad’
nypost.comaphasia, a new report claims.A Los Angeles Times exposé on movie producer Randall Emmett accused the 51-year-old of defrauding investors, rampant drug use, tackling his ex-fiancée — “Vanderpump Rules” star Lala Kent, 31 — and offering acting roles for sexual favors.Sources also said Emmett was happy to keep attaching Willis’ name to films, even as the action hero stumbled.In September 2020, Emmett was directing Willis, now 67, in “Midnight in the Switchgrass” and couldn’t get the actor to kick in a door — even with the help of a stunt coordinator, according to several crew members.
In frustration, he left the set and a confused Willis asked, “Did I do something wrong?”“You would have to be blind to not see him struggling,” Alicia Haverland, a property manager on the film, said.
That evening, Emmett allegedly called his then-fiancée Kent in tears. “I can’t do this anymore,” Kent said he told her. “It’s just so sad.
Bruce can’t remember any of his lines. He doesn’t know where he is.” (Emmett has denied the numerous allegations in the LA Times story.
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