Bruce Willis, the star of GI Joe 2, Die Hard 5, and this summer’s RED 2, has come out with an admission. He is reportedly tired of acting in action flicks built around the explosions. In a shockingly candid interview with the Spanish XLS Magazine, which have been translated by British paper The Mirror, Willis admits to being tired of certain aspects of the action movie game.
“Explosions are one of the most boring parts of my job,” said the 58-year old action icon. “When you have seen a few fireballs, it’s not exciting anymore. I know part of my audiences enjoys the explosions, but to be honest, I’m a bit bored of it now.
“I am very clear with who I am. I work in all sorts of films, but the action movies are the ones that generate the most revenue. I like to earns lots of money for those, but I do all types: Small productions, mega-budgets, medium-sized, even science fiction.”
The admission follows a PR nightmare of a press tour for RED 2 in Europe. Earlier last month, Willis appeared on British Magic 105.4 to promote the picture, but instead had this to say about the interviewing process:
“Has any actor ever told you this…This part, what we’re doing right now, is not acting. [Points to interviewer] You might be, but we’re just selling the film now…That fun part was making the movie.”
The admission also follows out the reveal that Willis would not appear in The Expendables 3. A Tweet, that coincided with Harrison Ford’s signing on of the project and former co-star Sylvester Stallone describing Willis as, “greedy and lazy.”
What do you think about Willis’ newfound honesty about the action genre?