Holy Crap!
Bruce, and Sam together in a Movie again! Lets just hope this happens. February is quite a ways away. That when filming starts for this movie.
Captain America
Cant tell for sure if its a Rumor or if its the real deal. Im hoping its real.
Captain America
Cant tell for sure if its a Rumor or if its the real deal. Im hoping its real.
Die Hard 5 Imminent!
Bruce Willis Says Die Hard 5 Is Imminent
By Doug Norrie: 2010-07-23
John McClane has stopped terrorists at Nakatomi Plaza, foiled a plot at Dulles Airport, halted an enormous gold heist in New York City and made certain a cyber geek didn’t cripple Western civilization as we know it. There nothing left for the guy to accomplish right? Bruce Willis doesn’t think so. In an ultra-awkward interview with MTV Willis claims the next installment to the Die Hard franchise is “imminent.”
In the interview, Willis doesn’t speculate on whether Live Free’s Len Wiseman will also direct the next chapter in the McClane-terrorist fighting turnstile, but it appears the movie is happening one way or another. This leads me to wonder what evil is left for McClane to combat. He’s conquered almost every kind of bad guy and farfetched plot imaginable. That’s not to say it shouldn’t happen. If Live Free proved anything, it’s that big time, ridiculous action movies are still in Willis’s wheelhouse. Another Die Hard movie would be welcomed with open arms. The last one was a box office and critical success by almost any metric.
Willis is currently filming Catch .44 with Forest Whitaker and Nikki Reed. He’ll also be seen alongside Jamie Foxx next year in Kane and Lynch.
By Doug Norrie: 2010-07-23
John McClane has stopped terrorists at Nakatomi Plaza, foiled a plot at Dulles Airport, halted an enormous gold heist in New York City and made certain a cyber geek didn’t cripple Western civilization as we know it. There nothing left for the guy to accomplish right? Bruce Willis doesn’t think so. In an ultra-awkward interview with MTV Willis claims the next installment to the Die Hard franchise is “imminent.”
In the interview, Willis doesn’t speculate on whether Live Free’s Len Wiseman will also direct the next chapter in the McClane-terrorist fighting turnstile, but it appears the movie is happening one way or another. This leads me to wonder what evil is left for McClane to combat. He’s conquered almost every kind of bad guy and farfetched plot imaginable. That’s not to say it shouldn’t happen. If Live Free proved anything, it’s that big time, ridiculous action movies are still in Willis’s wheelhouse. Another Die Hard movie would be welcomed with open arms. The last one was a box office and critical success by almost any metric.
Willis is currently filming Catch .44 with Forest Whitaker and Nikki Reed. He’ll also be seen alongside Jamie Foxx next year in Kane and Lynch.
Violet and Daisy
Bruce Willis and Danny Trejo interested in Geoffrey Fletcher’s VIOLET AND DAISY by: Joshua Brunsting
August 20th, 2010
Talk about post-Oscar buzz.
Coming off of his shocking Oscar win for his screenplay for last year’s hit film, PRECIOUS, scribe Geoffrey Fletcher has not only found a film to get behind for a directorial debut, but one hell of a cast to join him on his first outing.
According to The Playlist, the film, VIOLET AND DAISY, not only stars Carey Mulligan and Saoirse Ronan, but that the film has found the interest of such thespians as Bruce Willis and even one Danny Trejo. The film has been compared to the likes of THELMA & LOUISE and even SUPERBAD, and has apparently gotten quite a load of attention from actors and studios alike.
The writer will also be helping director Doug Liman on his upcoming prison riot film, ATTICA, but it looks as though VIOLET will be getting in front of lenses prior to that hotly anticipated true to life story.
That said, while I dig both Mulligan and Ronan, I really don’t have much interest in seeing what Bruce Willis has up his sleeve, particularly after his recent run of films. However, Trejo is always fun, but at this point, this is a wait and see, for sure.
August 20th, 2010
Talk about post-Oscar buzz.
Coming off of his shocking Oscar win for his screenplay for last year’s hit film, PRECIOUS, scribe Geoffrey Fletcher has not only found a film to get behind for a directorial debut, but one hell of a cast to join him on his first outing.
According to The Playlist, the film, VIOLET AND DAISY, not only stars Carey Mulligan and Saoirse Ronan, but that the film has found the interest of such thespians as Bruce Willis and even one Danny Trejo. The film has been compared to the likes of THELMA & LOUISE and even SUPERBAD, and has apparently gotten quite a load of attention from actors and studios alike.
The writer will also be helping director Doug Liman on his upcoming prison riot film, ATTICA, but it looks as though VIOLET will be getting in front of lenses prior to that hotly anticipated true to life story.
That said, while I dig both Mulligan and Ronan, I really don’t have much interest in seeing what Bruce Willis has up his sleeve, particularly after his recent run of films. However, Trejo is always fun, but at this point, this is a wait and see, for sure.
Looper already under way.
Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt filming “Looper” in New Orleans
By: Sean O'Connell
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Even though Rian Johnson has only two pictures under his belt, the director boasts a loyal fan base. That’s because his first two pictures were that good.
If forced to choose, I’d prefer Johnson’s modern take on the hardboiled film noir genre, “Brick,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a high-schooler trying to locate his missing ex-girlfriend. But that doesn’t mean I like Johnson’s quirky comedy “The Brothers Bloom” any less. Rachel Weisz is especially winning as a reclusive millionaire who is pulled into con artists’ Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody’s scheme – and loves every minute of it.
Needless to say, Johnson’s a director worth paying attention to, so we’re excited that his next project, “Looper,” is underway.
Production Weekly tweets that “Looper” will film in New Orleans from Jan. 24 to April 1.
The IMDB summary says that the film will be set in a near future, where a group of killers – known as Loopers — work for a crime syndicate. Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are on board, and the screenplay reportedly involves loopy time travel. We are more than intrigued.
No idea of a release date, but we’ll bring you updates as we get them.
By: Sean O'Connell
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Even though Rian Johnson has only two pictures under his belt, the director boasts a loyal fan base. That’s because his first two pictures were that good.
If forced to choose, I’d prefer Johnson’s modern take on the hardboiled film noir genre, “Brick,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a high-schooler trying to locate his missing ex-girlfriend. But that doesn’t mean I like Johnson’s quirky comedy “The Brothers Bloom” any less. Rachel Weisz is especially winning as a reclusive millionaire who is pulled into con artists’ Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody’s scheme – and loves every minute of it.
Needless to say, Johnson’s a director worth paying attention to, so we’re excited that his next project, “Looper,” is underway.
Production Weekly tweets that “Looper” will film in New Orleans from Jan. 24 to April 1.
The IMDB summary says that the film will be set in a near future, where a group of killers – known as Loopers — work for a crime syndicate. Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are on board, and the screenplay reportedly involves loopy time travel. We are more than intrigued.
No idea of a release date, but we’ll bring you updates as we get them.
Unbreakable 2 not really Unbreakable 2
Film News
UNBREAKABLE 2 The Final Film Of The Night Chronicles?
by Todd Brown, September 3, 2010 11:32 AM
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, USA & Canada
Though it won't be released as Unbreakable 2 as those rights are held elsewhere, M Night Shyamalan has told MTV that he is using the idea originally intended for the sequel to his Bruce Willis / Samuel L Jackson superhero story as the third entry in his Night Chronicles series of films - films he provides the stories for and produces while handing directing duties off to others.
The first of the Night Chronicles - Devil - is being handled by Quarantine's Dowdle Brothers, word is they're in hot pursuit of The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm to handle the second Chronicle - Twelve Strangers - and there is no word yet who will handle this.
Here's an excerpt of Shyamalan's statement:
"I cannibalized the idea for the sequel to 'Unbreakable' for one of the 'Night Chronicles ... It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for 'Unbreakable,' and it was too much ...There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick.'"
As one of those who was very much hoping for an Unbreakable sequel I'm quite curious to see how this turns out and I'm pleased to see that it focuses on a villain as the hero genre is becoming rather played out. Plus, while he's become an object of mockery now, Unbreakable is arguably the best work from Shyamalan in a period when he was producing generally stellar stuff and I'd love to see a return to that form from him.
UNBREAKABLE 2 The Final Film Of The Night Chronicles?
by Todd Brown, September 3, 2010 11:32 AM
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, USA & Canada
Though it won't be released as Unbreakable 2 as those rights are held elsewhere, M Night Shyamalan has told MTV that he is using the idea originally intended for the sequel to his Bruce Willis / Samuel L Jackson superhero story as the third entry in his Night Chronicles series of films - films he provides the stories for and produces while handing directing duties off to others.
The first of the Night Chronicles - Devil - is being handled by Quarantine's Dowdle Brothers, word is they're in hot pursuit of The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm to handle the second Chronicle - Twelve Strangers - and there is no word yet who will handle this.
Here's an excerpt of Shyamalan's statement:
"I cannibalized the idea for the sequel to 'Unbreakable' for one of the 'Night Chronicles ... It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for 'Unbreakable,' and it was too much ...There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick.'"
As one of those who was very much hoping for an Unbreakable sequel I'm quite curious to see how this turns out and I'm pleased to see that it focuses on a villain as the hero genre is becoming rather played out. Plus, while he's become an object of mockery now, Unbreakable is arguably the best work from Shyamalan in a period when he was producing generally stellar stuff and I'd love to see a return to that form from him.
Bruce will be Busy
Bruce Willis And Sigourney Weaver See The Cold Light Of Day
Published on August 5, 2010 by Craig Sharp
“Die Hard” veteran, Bruce Willis and “Avatar” actress, Sigourney Weaver, have both signed for “JCVD” director, Mabrouk El Mechri’s latest project, The Cold Light of Day, according to the trades.
Both actors are set to star alongside Henry Cavill in the kidnapping thriller, which sees a Wall Street Trader’s life turned upside down when his family are kidnapped on a holiday in Spain. Desperate to save his family, the cocky Wall Street type finds himself thrust into a government conspiracy and fights to uncover the secrets of his father his order to save those he loves.
Willis has been cast to play the role of the mysterious Father; Weaver is cast as the villain in the kidnapping thriller from Intrepid Pictures and Summit.
The script for ‘Cold Light’ was penned by Scott Wiper and John Petro and is currently receiving a little studio polish from Richard Price. Steven Zaillian, Kevin Mann, Matthew Perniciaro and Wiper are executive producing the picture, with Spanish producer Galavis Film co-producing. The film is set to begin shooting on 6th September in Spain.
Published on August 5, 2010 by Craig Sharp
“Die Hard” veteran, Bruce Willis and “Avatar” actress, Sigourney Weaver, have both signed for “JCVD” director, Mabrouk El Mechri’s latest project, The Cold Light of Day, according to the trades.
Both actors are set to star alongside Henry Cavill in the kidnapping thriller, which sees a Wall Street Trader’s life turned upside down when his family are kidnapped on a holiday in Spain. Desperate to save his family, the cocky Wall Street type finds himself thrust into a government conspiracy and fights to uncover the secrets of his father his order to save those he loves.
Willis has been cast to play the role of the mysterious Father; Weaver is cast as the villain in the kidnapping thriller from Intrepid Pictures and Summit.
The script for ‘Cold Light’ was penned by Scott Wiper and John Petro and is currently receiving a little studio polish from Richard Price. Steven Zaillian, Kevin Mann, Matthew Perniciaro and Wiper are executive producing the picture, with Spanish producer Galavis Film co-producing. The film is set to begin shooting on 6th September in Spain.
Gorillaz Return -- With Bruce Willis -- In 'Stylo' Video
I just thought this was funny. I missed it when it was written but its an update to the Stylo Video posted by the Gorillaz. So many unanswered questions. Too funny.
Gorillaz Return -- With Bruce Willis -- In 'Stylo' Video
Link to the Stylo Video in case you missed it.
Gorillaz Return -- With Bruce Willis -- In 'Stylo' Video
Link to the Stylo Video in case you missed it.
Willis and M Night again?
M. Night Shyamalan Setting Up New Film With Willis, Paltrow and Cooper
Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Briefly: M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender opens soon, and advance of that opening he’s apparently trying to set up financing for a new script that he’s penned. Details are thin right now, but he reportedly has some notable talent attached: his The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable star Bruce Willis, plus Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Cooper.
THR reports that Shyamalan is shopping the script, and keeping it shrouded in as much secrecy as possible. At this point we don’t know a title, subject or logline. The story is that only a few studio execs have read the script, and that they’ve done so under the supervision of Shyamalan’s assistant. No word on a sale, or where this would fit into projected Airbender sequels. Does it say anything about Airbender that Paramount didn’t just grab this one before it could go out to other studios, or did Shyamalan want to take the new script elsewhere?
Read more: M. Night Shyamalan Setting Up New Film With Willis, Paltrow and Cooper the Link
Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Briefly: M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender opens soon, and advance of that opening he’s apparently trying to set up financing for a new script that he’s penned. Details are thin right now, but he reportedly has some notable talent attached: his The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable star Bruce Willis, plus Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Cooper.
THR reports that Shyamalan is shopping the script, and keeping it shrouded in as much secrecy as possible. At this point we don’t know a title, subject or logline. The story is that only a few studio execs have read the script, and that they’ve done so under the supervision of Shyamalan’s assistant. No word on a sale, or where this would fit into projected Airbender sequels. Does it say anything about Airbender that Paramount didn’t just grab this one before it could go out to other studios, or did Shyamalan want to take the new script elsewhere?
Read more: M. Night Shyamalan Setting Up New Film With Willis, Paltrow and Cooper the Link
New Movie Rumor. One called Looper
Bruce Willis Cast in Rian Johnson’s Looper
Posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
I’ll get this out of the way right now: awesome. Bruce Willis can do great work when he’s paired with a strong, determined director. I figure Rian Johnson will be pretty determined when he gets on the set of Looper, his third feature. So I’m happy to see a report that not only seems to confirm the casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but announces Willis has a role as well.
Looper being a time travel movie, however, the details of who Willis plays could probably be considered some sort of spoiler. I imagine in the months (perhaps days) to come the info will be all over the internet, and perhaps eventually in the trailer. But if you want to remain as unsullied as possible, for the time being don’t follow up after the jump.
Deadline provides an interesting detail, which is that Willis will play the older version of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character. The exact nature of their shared character has yet to be revealed, but there’s fun to be had speculating on it for the time being, based on the synopsis we were recently given:
Looper is a time travel movie, set in a near future where time travel doesn’t exist but will be invented in a few decades. It’s pretty dark in tone, much different from Bloom, and involves a group of killers (called Loopers) who work for a crime syndicate in the future. Their bosses send their targets hogtied and blindfolded back in time to the Loopers, and their job is to simply shoot them in the head and dispose of the body. So the target vanishes from the future and the Loopers dispose of a corpse that doesn’t technically exist, a very clean system. Complications set in from there.
So what’s the story? Is their character a victim who gets away and then makes it forward into the future, leading to two versions inhabiting the same time/space? That’s one possibility, but for the time being I don’t even really want to know. I just like the casting. (Even though Willis, OK, not the first guy I’d pick to be the older JGL, but perhaps there’s more to it than that. And I dig Willis; with Johnson, he’ll make it work.)
If you want to know more tidbits about Looper, we’ve got quite a few small bits of info collected here.
Read more: Bruce Willis Cast in Rian Johnson’s Looper The Link
Posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
I’ll get this out of the way right now: awesome. Bruce Willis can do great work when he’s paired with a strong, determined director. I figure Rian Johnson will be pretty determined when he gets on the set of Looper, his third feature. So I’m happy to see a report that not only seems to confirm the casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but announces Willis has a role as well.
Looper being a time travel movie, however, the details of who Willis plays could probably be considered some sort of spoiler. I imagine in the months (perhaps days) to come the info will be all over the internet, and perhaps eventually in the trailer. But if you want to remain as unsullied as possible, for the time being don’t follow up after the jump.
Deadline provides an interesting detail, which is that Willis will play the older version of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character. The exact nature of their shared character has yet to be revealed, but there’s fun to be had speculating on it for the time being, based on the synopsis we were recently given:
Looper is a time travel movie, set in a near future where time travel doesn’t exist but will be invented in a few decades. It’s pretty dark in tone, much different from Bloom, and involves a group of killers (called Loopers) who work for a crime syndicate in the future. Their bosses send their targets hogtied and blindfolded back in time to the Loopers, and their job is to simply shoot them in the head and dispose of the body. So the target vanishes from the future and the Loopers dispose of a corpse that doesn’t technically exist, a very clean system. Complications set in from there.
So what’s the story? Is their character a victim who gets away and then makes it forward into the future, leading to two versions inhabiting the same time/space? That’s one possibility, but for the time being I don’t even really want to know. I just like the casting. (Even though Willis, OK, not the first guy I’d pick to be the older JGL, but perhaps there’s more to it than that. And I dig Willis; with Johnson, he’ll make it work.)
If you want to know more tidbits about Looper, we’ve got quite a few small bits of info collected here.
Read more: Bruce Willis Cast in Rian Johnson’s Looper The Link
Saw this and thought it was funny
They totaled up body counts from expendables actors movies and here was their result.
Now... You can Smell like an Action Movie Star
Bruce Willis Fragrance Hitting Stores
Beauty company Bruce Willis fragrance Germany LR Health & Beauty Systems Signature Collection
by Michael Suen | 1:58 pm, July 6th, 2010
I know you’ve all penned this day in your calendars, I know I’ve been waiting for this day a long time: Today, LR Health & Beauty Systems is debuting squinty tough guy Bruce Willis‘ “signature collection,” which he created in partnership with the German beauty company.
“I personally feel that the new Bruce Willis fragrance is the manliest scent in the world,” said Tilo Plöger, chief operating officer of LR Health & Beauty Systems. The Willis scent reportedly contains notes of grapefruit, pepper, and vetiver.
First announced in April, the collection includes hair and body wash, deodorant, aftershave balm, and eau de parfum–which clocks in at ~15% aromatic compounds compared to eau de cologne’s ~5%–since naturally, badasses need to smell strongly of badasses.
According to United Networker, Bruce Willis told reporters at the press conference in Frankfurt “with great enthusiasm” that “the development of my new fragrance together with the very committed and passionate LR team was really a lot of fun. The products stand for individuality, uniqueness and sustainability. That’s what convinced me, and what unites me with LR.”
The design of the perfume bottle, in the classy yet intrepid, indomitable, macho, rugged style expected of Willis, incorporates a huge metal badge which adorns “the exceptionally high-quality glass flacon,” which apparently is “heavy in the hand,” because John McClane would never use lightweight perfume bottles, damn it! And of course, the packaging mimics “brushed aluminium and embossed riveting.”
Finally, the product tagline is the stuff of Don Draper: “Smart Guys Live Forever.”
Damned straight.
The real article here
Beauty company Bruce Willis fragrance Germany LR Health & Beauty Systems Signature Collection
by Michael Suen | 1:58 pm, July 6th, 2010
I know you’ve all penned this day in your calendars, I know I’ve been waiting for this day a long time: Today, LR Health & Beauty Systems is debuting squinty tough guy Bruce Willis‘ “signature collection,” which he created in partnership with the German beauty company.
“I personally feel that the new Bruce Willis fragrance is the manliest scent in the world,” said Tilo Plöger, chief operating officer of LR Health & Beauty Systems. The Willis scent reportedly contains notes of grapefruit, pepper, and vetiver.
First announced in April, the collection includes hair and body wash, deodorant, aftershave balm, and eau de parfum–which clocks in at ~15% aromatic compounds compared to eau de cologne’s ~5%–since naturally, badasses need to smell strongly of badasses.
According to United Networker, Bruce Willis told reporters at the press conference in Frankfurt “with great enthusiasm” that “the development of my new fragrance together with the very committed and passionate LR team was really a lot of fun. The products stand for individuality, uniqueness and sustainability. That’s what convinced me, and what unites me with LR.”
The design of the perfume bottle, in the classy yet intrepid, indomitable, macho, rugged style expected of Willis, incorporates a huge metal badge which adorns “the exceptionally high-quality glass flacon,” which apparently is “heavy in the hand,” because John McClane would never use lightweight perfume bottles, damn it! And of course, the packaging mimics “brushed aluminium and embossed riveting.”
Finally, the product tagline is the stuff of Don Draper: “Smart Guys Live Forever.”
Damned straight.
The real article here
I am posting these Trailers for as long as they will work.
The Kick Ass Trailer. Oh Yeah, when Bruce gets outta the Cop car, thats right, "Bad Ass!" Bad Ass as anything Bruce has ever done in a movie.
The First Trailer
The First Trailer
Red!!!
I just watched the 2nd trailer to come out for this movie, I will be there opening weekend. It looks Awesome !!!!
Good Interview with Bruce Willis
Interview: Bruce Willis
newsPeople22 Mar 10 @ 06:00am by Michele Manelis
In a scene from 'Cop Out'
Link to the Real Article here
We’ve seen a lot of buddy movies and cop type films before – some generic in their approach. What did you find so interesting that you wanted to inhabit this character?
You can ask (director) Kevin (Smith) this, but I don’t think we ever really thought of it as, ‘OK we are making a cop buddy movie’. I know all the films you mean, but I never felt like we were making that kind of film. Our job was to just make you laugh and it started there, and ended way over there, but I mean, there’s a story in there. But ... we were just trying to make people laugh. And trying as hard as we could to come up with funny stuff.
Did you think your own persona affected the script?
It beyond affected it. Had we not had a first great shooting day, which was never really presented to us as, ‘this is a test and let’s see how you guys get along; if you can interact and be funny with one another’. No-one ever said that.
How much improv did you guys put on the screen?
I think it had some form of improv in it, sometimes we’d stay with it, sometimes we just went back to the script.
This movie is like a showcase of what you think is funny?
That’s a good way of putting it. It’s a showcase of what I think five or six people think is funny. Obviously you can’t get everything into a 90 minute film, but it’s not about anything else except the comedy.
It’s a very youthful humour.
Yeah, we weren’t going to leave those youthful jokes out.
Is it fair to say that today you laugh about the same things that you did when you were a 12-year-old boy?
I think the 12-year-old boys (or girls) are our audience. (But) there are so many boring movies out there, more slow movies, or really serious movies and so few films come along that are just trying to make you laugh – just trying to crack you up.
Humour comes out of jealously, especially towards your wife, (in the movie) or just in general. How do you relate to jealousy? Are you a jealous person?
I think I’ve set jealousy aside. There’s very little in the story that had to do my jealousy of a new husband who is with my ex-wife, but it’s a small part of the story. And those are just those signposts that keep the movie going along – to keep the film moving along, until we can get to some of the real big laughs again.
You’ve reached a level of professionalism where you don’t really have a lot to prove that maybe younger actors, in their 20s would. Has jealousy been professional or personal, or as you get older does it kind of dissipate?
It has for me. I think the longer you stay working in this industry, everybody finds their own little niche and you can build your own little kingdom, your own little world. You get to do these kind of films, but sometimes you get asked to do other kind of films, and some people never make the cut, some people fall off, but I don’t see a lot of people really being jealous.
I read where you said this is the happiest time in your life. Is that a result of just getting older?
Just because it is the happiest time in my life. It really is. I’ve never been happier than I am right now.
Is there any specific reason why now is a great time for you?
Yes, I got remarried again last year and she’s really a wonderful woman. That makes me happy all the time.
You’re going to get to a point soon where your daughters are going to get married?
I have a little time. They have good heads on their shoulders, but the time will come and when it happens it happens. It’s just a rite of passage.
Are you saving a nest egg?
Weddings today are $45,000. I’m broke, man. I was actually going to see if I could borrow some money from you guys ... the good thing is, the mother pays for the wedding.
With all the romance you have in that movie you would think all you need is a good buddy?
Well, you always do need a good wingman. Everybody needs that, every guy needs that.
Is the movie a good representation of how you deal with your friends?
Is it all laughter and having fun? I think my default mode is to just try to make you laugh, to say the stupidest thing to make you laugh. Everybody likes to laugh. It makes you feel good and it makes you healthier.
Are you surprised when a scene you’ve rehearsed isn’t funny but when it’s improvised or just happens, it gets the best laughs?
It happened a few times in this movie. Seann William Scott’s part was really funny on the page, but he took it to outer space, I mean he is so funny, he elevated it, and took risks that really paid off. They were really so funny, that you’d just go, ‘I can’t believe he just said that’, it’s so crazy. So yeah, he’s terrific.
How do you see the evolution of the police figure in movies? You’ve really played the extremes as in Die Hard.
Do you think that in the 80s it needed to be all action – the audiences expected that.
How have you seen that type of character?
Well, I’m sick of it, I’m sick of playing cops, that’s why I wanted to do a film that was just about funny cops. Cause there’s only so many times you can run down the road with two guns in your hand, screaming and take it seriously. But these films cop action or cop action buddy comedies have been around since they’ve been making films. They used to call them westerns, then they called them Second World War pictures, then it was gangster pictures, then they called them Vietnam pictures, or cop pictures after The French Connection. It’s always about a couple of guys that stand between the good guys and the bad guys. This is a variation on it that is, everything in the film is really secondary to trying to make you laugh. So it’s a version of it I guess.
Are people surprised that because of your tough guy persona you do have a good sense of humour?
Only people who forget that I worked on TV for five years. And I was funny everyday, that was my job. But people have short memories. I was funny one time in Sixth Sense too and then there was that one time in Die Hard when I made someone laugh.
I know, but I’m just asking about the general perception. Are people surprised?
No, they just say congratulations.
Bruce, what kind of actors make you laugh?
There are actors that can, just out of nowhere. You can be having a conversation and all of a sudden they just say something out of the blue, completely out of left field, that is so off topic and so not what we were talking about, that it cracks you up.
Can you name anybody?
Yeah, Tracy Morgan.
How is your music career, any upcoming performances?
No, I’m retired.
Why?
Too busy being happy.
You can’t be happy while also playing music?
I play a little. I sit in with the Allman Brothers Band once in awhile, but I’m not playing nearly as much as I used to.
Are you still enjoying acting?
Yeah, I think so. I still enjoy it sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, but I still like trying to make something from 110 typewritten pages of words and try and be funny. In this case the funny ideas weren’t always in the script, but sometimes things get away from you, it’s tricky finding what the hook is.
Do you know when something is not working?
Yeah, I guess. If you catch something take a little left turn and come back to what the scene is supposed to be you feel like you’ve done your job.
‘Cop Out’ is in cinemas now.
newsPeople22 Mar 10 @ 06:00am by Michele Manelis
In a scene from 'Cop Out'
Link to the Real Article here
We’ve seen a lot of buddy movies and cop type films before – some generic in their approach. What did you find so interesting that you wanted to inhabit this character?
You can ask (director) Kevin (Smith) this, but I don’t think we ever really thought of it as, ‘OK we are making a cop buddy movie’. I know all the films you mean, but I never felt like we were making that kind of film. Our job was to just make you laugh and it started there, and ended way over there, but I mean, there’s a story in there. But ... we were just trying to make people laugh. And trying as hard as we could to come up with funny stuff.
Did you think your own persona affected the script?
It beyond affected it. Had we not had a first great shooting day, which was never really presented to us as, ‘this is a test and let’s see how you guys get along; if you can interact and be funny with one another’. No-one ever said that.
How much improv did you guys put on the screen?
I think it had some form of improv in it, sometimes we’d stay with it, sometimes we just went back to the script.
This movie is like a showcase of what you think is funny?
That’s a good way of putting it. It’s a showcase of what I think five or six people think is funny. Obviously you can’t get everything into a 90 minute film, but it’s not about anything else except the comedy.
It’s a very youthful humour.
Yeah, we weren’t going to leave those youthful jokes out.
Is it fair to say that today you laugh about the same things that you did when you were a 12-year-old boy?
I think the 12-year-old boys (or girls) are our audience. (But) there are so many boring movies out there, more slow movies, or really serious movies and so few films come along that are just trying to make you laugh – just trying to crack you up.
Humour comes out of jealously, especially towards your wife, (in the movie) or just in general. How do you relate to jealousy? Are you a jealous person?
I think I’ve set jealousy aside. There’s very little in the story that had to do my jealousy of a new husband who is with my ex-wife, but it’s a small part of the story. And those are just those signposts that keep the movie going along – to keep the film moving along, until we can get to some of the real big laughs again.
You’ve reached a level of professionalism where you don’t really have a lot to prove that maybe younger actors, in their 20s would. Has jealousy been professional or personal, or as you get older does it kind of dissipate?
It has for me. I think the longer you stay working in this industry, everybody finds their own little niche and you can build your own little kingdom, your own little world. You get to do these kind of films, but sometimes you get asked to do other kind of films, and some people never make the cut, some people fall off, but I don’t see a lot of people really being jealous.
I read where you said this is the happiest time in your life. Is that a result of just getting older?
Just because it is the happiest time in my life. It really is. I’ve never been happier than I am right now.
Is there any specific reason why now is a great time for you?
Yes, I got remarried again last year and she’s really a wonderful woman. That makes me happy all the time.
You’re going to get to a point soon where your daughters are going to get married?
I have a little time. They have good heads on their shoulders, but the time will come and when it happens it happens. It’s just a rite of passage.
Are you saving a nest egg?
Weddings today are $45,000. I’m broke, man. I was actually going to see if I could borrow some money from you guys ... the good thing is, the mother pays for the wedding.
With all the romance you have in that movie you would think all you need is a good buddy?
Well, you always do need a good wingman. Everybody needs that, every guy needs that.
Is the movie a good representation of how you deal with your friends?
Is it all laughter and having fun? I think my default mode is to just try to make you laugh, to say the stupidest thing to make you laugh. Everybody likes to laugh. It makes you feel good and it makes you healthier.
Are you surprised when a scene you’ve rehearsed isn’t funny but when it’s improvised or just happens, it gets the best laughs?
It happened a few times in this movie. Seann William Scott’s part was really funny on the page, but he took it to outer space, I mean he is so funny, he elevated it, and took risks that really paid off. They were really so funny, that you’d just go, ‘I can’t believe he just said that’, it’s so crazy. So yeah, he’s terrific.
How do you see the evolution of the police figure in movies? You’ve really played the extremes as in Die Hard.
Do you think that in the 80s it needed to be all action – the audiences expected that.
How have you seen that type of character?
Well, I’m sick of it, I’m sick of playing cops, that’s why I wanted to do a film that was just about funny cops. Cause there’s only so many times you can run down the road with two guns in your hand, screaming and take it seriously. But these films cop action or cop action buddy comedies have been around since they’ve been making films. They used to call them westerns, then they called them Second World War pictures, then it was gangster pictures, then they called them Vietnam pictures, or cop pictures after The French Connection. It’s always about a couple of guys that stand between the good guys and the bad guys. This is a variation on it that is, everything in the film is really secondary to trying to make you laugh. So it’s a version of it I guess.
Are people surprised that because of your tough guy persona you do have a good sense of humour?
Only people who forget that I worked on TV for five years. And I was funny everyday, that was my job. But people have short memories. I was funny one time in Sixth Sense too and then there was that one time in Die Hard when I made someone laugh.
I know, but I’m just asking about the general perception. Are people surprised?
No, they just say congratulations.
Bruce, what kind of actors make you laugh?
There are actors that can, just out of nowhere. You can be having a conversation and all of a sudden they just say something out of the blue, completely out of left field, that is so off topic and so not what we were talking about, that it cracks you up.
Can you name anybody?
Yeah, Tracy Morgan.
How is your music career, any upcoming performances?
No, I’m retired.
Why?
Too busy being happy.
You can’t be happy while also playing music?
I play a little. I sit in with the Allman Brothers Band once in awhile, but I’m not playing nearly as much as I used to.
Are you still enjoying acting?
Yeah, I think so. I still enjoy it sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, but I still like trying to make something from 110 typewritten pages of words and try and be funny. In this case the funny ideas weren’t always in the script, but sometimes things get away from you, it’s tricky finding what the hook is.
Do you know when something is not working?
Yeah, I guess. If you catch something take a little left turn and come back to what the scene is supposed to be you feel like you’ve done your job.
‘Cop Out’ is in cinemas now.
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Bruce Willis doing another great character. I think Bruce Willis has an excellent sense of humor. I am positive this is going to be an excellent movie since for one, it has Bruce Willis in it. Two, it combines Cops, and Funny. Bruce willis is excellent at playing both. He built his reputation playing a cop, he built his following with his sense of humor. Just gotta love it you get both for the price of one.
Chalk up another one for Bruce!
Feb 23 2010 11:46 AM EST
'Cop Out' Cast Say Working With Bruce Willis Is 'Awesome'
'I'm just overjoyed,' Tracy Morgan says at comedy's New York premiere.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Perri Nemiroff
As if anyone needs confirmation that working with Hollywood legend Bruce Willis is awesome, his "Cop Out" co-stars are spreading the word. And having the chance to work with him on the Kevin Smith-directed flick, which opens this weekend, was a dream come true.
"It was awesome. I don't have the words," Tracy Morgan, who co-stars as Willis' partner, Paul Hodges, in the flick, told MTV News on the red carpet at the New York City premiere. "I mean, can you imagine? This is Bruce Willis. Just getting the opportunity to work with him ... I would have done one scene with him, let alone I got to do a whole movie with Bruce Willis. 'Die Hard' franchise and all that stuff. I'm just overjoyed."
Adam Brody, who also plays a police officer in the comedy, said he's always wanted to be in a cop movie. "Yeah, actually, I did [want to be a cop when I was a kid]. I don't think I'm a violent person, but guns always seemed like a cool prop," he explained. But would he want to be arrested by Willis and Morgan? "No! I'd be intimidated [by them] because Bruce is a heavy and then who knows what Tracy's gonna do."
Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays Willis' daughter in the cop comedy, loved having the chance to improvise with the icon. "I've known Kevin [Smith] for years. He's so awesome and extraordinary. He let me, Bruce and I, improv a bunch of our stuff, and it was a lot of fun," the "Gossip Girl" star said. "Bruce is great. It was fun playing his daughter 'cause I know his daughters, so it was an interesting mix."
Check out everything we've got on "Cop Out." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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'Cop Out' Cast Say Working With Bruce Willis Is 'Awesome'
'I'm just overjoyed,' Tracy Morgan says at comedy's New York premiere.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Perri Nemiroff
As if anyone needs confirmation that working with Hollywood legend Bruce Willis is awesome, his "Cop Out" co-stars are spreading the word. And having the chance to work with him on the Kevin Smith-directed flick, which opens this weekend, was a dream come true.
"It was awesome. I don't have the words," Tracy Morgan, who co-stars as Willis' partner, Paul Hodges, in the flick, told MTV News on the red carpet at the New York City premiere. "I mean, can you imagine? This is Bruce Willis. Just getting the opportunity to work with him ... I would have done one scene with him, let alone I got to do a whole movie with Bruce Willis. 'Die Hard' franchise and all that stuff. I'm just overjoyed."
Adam Brody, who also plays a police officer in the comedy, said he's always wanted to be in a cop movie. "Yeah, actually, I did [want to be a cop when I was a kid]. I don't think I'm a violent person, but guns always seemed like a cool prop," he explained. But would he want to be arrested by Willis and Morgan? "No! I'd be intimidated [by them] because Bruce is a heavy and then who knows what Tracy's gonna do."
Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays Willis' daughter in the cop comedy, loved having the chance to improvise with the icon. "I've known Kevin [Smith] for years. He's so awesome and extraordinary. He let me, Bruce and I, improv a bunch of our stuff, and it was a lot of fun," the "Gossip Girl" star said. "Bruce is great. It was fun playing his daughter 'cause I know his daughters, so it was an interesting mix."
Check out everything we've got on "Cop Out." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
The real article here
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