The relationship between Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis has always seemed quite friendly and far from the rivalry that over the years has pitted the former against Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, everything changed during the making of Expendables 3, in which Stallone and Willis teamed up in front of the camera. We all know that never happened… due to an economic dispute!
Indeed, the original plan was to pay the protagonist of The Sixth Sense $3 million for 4 days of work, but Bruce Willis More than a million requests are over Sylvester Stallone He did not like it at all. Thus, he chose to go without the actor, also sharing the following message:
“Greedy and lazy… a sure formula for career failure,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) in August 2013, as you can see below.
In just 10 words, Sylvester Stallone After that, the Internet caused trouble, as this tweet, originally cryptic, was published after another message in which the actor and screenwriter happily announced the hiring of another actor for the third part of the saga and the departure of Frosty. Bruce Willis franchise. with a lapidary”Willis came out…“, Mr. Church’s fate was sealed.
This anecdote would be representative of a certain bad reputation of the actor. Kevin Smith had already suggested for his part after the release of the Friends film Top Cops (2010) that Willis was “Didi Ts… and director’s nightmare“. The latter was also fired from the filming of Café Society by Woody Allen in 2015 for “inappropriate behavior” and because he did not know enough of his lines (he was replaced by Steve Carell).
Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis pose for The Expendables (2010)
An even more expensive replacement!
Therefore, it seems that Sylvester Stallone He was very angry with the situation and with his colleague, but the truth is that accepting Willis’ request would have cost much more, because Harrison Ford filled the void he left, and the problem is that his salary is over. Much higher than the first one asked. Specifically, Ford won $6.9 million for his participation Consumables 3.
Perhaps they thought soHarrison Ford It would bring more viewers to theaters than Bruce Willis But it wasn’t like that. Indeed, the film disappointed at the box office with $214 million, making it the franchise’s lowest grosser to date. However, years later, the sheer failure of Expend4bles almost makes what its predecessor accomplished a triumph…
Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis in 1991
Of course, Stallone and Willis eventually made peace. Finally, when the former mentioned the latter, he admitted that they hadn’t talked much since then Bruce Willis He was retired and his family announced in 2022 that he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that affects the brain and causes language impairment.
However, he posted a series of photos Bruce Willis And it is accompanied by a message on the Instagram account:We have known each other for a long time, I wish you and your beautiful family the best…“
Later in the year, he spoke again on the subject in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, saying: “Bruce is going through a really, really hard time. He nodded silently. It’s killing me, it’s so sad.“
The two actors launched the Planet Hollywood brand together before apparently reuniting for the first Expendables in 2010.
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