# Does Bruce Willis owe money or something?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 2, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383 "2017-07-02T18:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383/41 "2017-07-05T20:21:20Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> _Six Movies, One Expression!_

I laughed.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383/42 "2017-07-06T00:09:11Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> I have gotten the feeling that for the most part, Willis has given up and is just doing cash jobs. I don’t blame him. I assume they are paying well.

There’s a saying: “An actor acts.” This means you take the role unless there’s a very good reason to NOT take the role, like it will stop you getting other roles down the line. It’s the philosophy that Michael Caine (and Ice-T) has used, and I have to say I agree with it. Working and getting paid is preferable to sitting around not getting paid, regardless of how much money you have. As long as the DTV stuff doesn’t stop him getting bigger roles, why not? You might and up working for the next Tarantino early in his career. Most US actors worry too much about their “brand.”

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**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383/43 "2017-07-06T11:34:47Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> By the way, that 6-pack included **Hostage**.
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> I liked that movie quite a bit, actually.

I seem to recall Cold Light of Day being ok, too.

Sigourney Weaver, Henry Cavil, Rosario Dawson, John Cusack, also in those movies.

Brucie has done [a lot](http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/dvd-bluray/bruce-willis/41200/bruce-willis-examining-his-recent-straight-to-dvd-movies) of straight to DVD films, but that website has similar pages for Cage, Travolta, Denise Richards, John Cusack, Val Kilmer and other former big stars. Bruce is just getting old.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383/44 "2017-07-06T20:55:50Z")

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Willis has a reputation for being very hard to work with. Just ask Kevin Smith.

Perhaps he isn’t being given a lot of quality options to choose from.

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383/45 "2017-07-06T21:08:44Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Willis has a reputation for being very hard to work with. Just ask Kevin Smith.

Kevin Smith is hard to work with too. You know, because he hasn’t been in a noteable project for over a decade.

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