Bruce Willis and dementia

[J_Dee]

From the comments from Half in the Bag: The Bruce Willis Fake Movie Factory:

"I have a friend who worked on a Bruce Willis movie recently. Apparently he has advanced dementia and is trying to work while he can. He has handlers with him at all times."

"...Bruce's lines are being read to him through an earwig by the script supervisor, but unfortunately this is more due to dementia issues than laziness. The guy couldn't remember his lines if he tried, and often has issues interpreting direction and the instructions being given to him."

"'While filming Glass [in 2019], staffers worked around him by cutting and editing and having him overdub lines because he struggled to remember and/or deliver them,' an insider reveals. 'In most scenes on Glass he’s hooded, and they used stand-in and body doubles to replace him. On set, he wouldn’t smile and was always chaperoned by an assistant to guide him while walking.'”

"...there have been rumours that Bruce may be experiencing early onset dementia/Alzheimer's. And that either low-grade unscrupulous 'filmmakers' are taking full advantage of his vulnerability, or he's taking roles where be can be given one line of dialogue at a time due to his memory problems. It would make a lot of sense given the steep drop in quality of his films, which seemed to happen very suddenly."

"I have a buddy that worked on one of these movies last year in Vancouver. He said it was really hard to watch Bruce struggle to just get his lines out. He was forgetting that he was filming a movie and they had to wait for him so they could record his lines. They were not able to get everything they needed from Bruce because they only had him for a few days and then he was off the movie. They ran out of time to film all of his lines."

And there's lots more similar remarks there.

Willis is only 66.

I'm in my early 40s and I'll sometimes forget why I've walked into a room, or doctor's appointments. I never used to do that. I know it's just me getting older, but the thought of dementia still scares the absolute hell out of me, worse than any other potential malady.

 

[TortElvisII]

Bruce always struck me as someone I would not like.

http://www.showbiz.ie/news/june00/17-harris02.shtml

At one of these Hollywood parties a couple of years back I tried to introduce myself to Bruce Willis. "The p***k just looked at my hand and turned his back on me! "So I said, 'Excuse me, your face looks very familiar but I just cant put a name to you'. He collapsed, I can tell you!" Harris added: "I said, 'Anyway, whoever you are, you're standing in my place so f**k off!"

 

[bigsmoothie]

Boy I wish that on no one. Terrible way to finish your life.

 

[DSmith21]

This is sad but does explain how bad he has been in recent roles including the quality of films.

 

[Fact_Checker]

Boy I wish that on no one. Terrible way to finish your life.

I don't think I would go through with it. My grandfather shot himself when his Parkinson's made him unable to function without help. I have already toldy wife I will do the same if diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

 

[funKYcat75]

Let's hope this isn't a money grab by his "handlers" keeping him working until he physically can't any longer.

 

[Bigblue2023]

Think we found our next president!

Bad jokes aside, sucks to hear that. Myself like many others have seen Alzheimer’s up close and it’s truly awful.

 

[Glenn's Take]

It got my dad a little over 2 years ago. I guess everyone thinks the disease they had to deal with is the worst. If there is something worse to deal with, I hope I never have to.

 

[vhcat70]

^ Maybe ALS.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

I don't think I would go through with it. My grandfather shot himself when his Parkinson's made him unable to function without help. I have already toldy wife I will do the same if diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

My SILs aunt had dementia. Was told that near the end she'd have random moments of lucidity and would just say "I want to die". She died on Christmas because somehow she got out of the house and was found dead in a ditch. They lived in northern Michigan so she probably froze to death. Her husband killed himself a year later.

 

[BigBlueDave_rivals76951]

In 1988, Willis was in Paducah filming In Country. Demi Moore was pregnant with their first child . Wiki states she was delivered at Western Baptist, but I don't remember that. After a summer of Paducah rumors, they named her Rumer.

I worked for a florist delivering flowers that summer(the best do nothing summer job ever). I was pretty excited to deliver to house they were renting. I didn't know if I would see anyone or not, but hopes were quickly dashed.

I was met at the end of the lane and I never even saw the house.

 

[_Mav_]

At one of these Hollywood parties a couple of years back I tried to introduce myself to Bruce Willis. "The p***k just looked at my hand and turned his back on me! "So I said, 'Excuse me, your face looks very familiar but I just cant put a name to you'. He collapsed, I can tell you!" Harris added: "I said, 'Anyway, whoever you are, you're standing in my place so f**k off!"

Richard Harris once proudly sang these words "...someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again...," so his opinion on American hero John "Yippee Ki Ya, Motherf#cker" McClane is irrelevant.

 

[CastleRubric]

Boy I wish that on no one. Terrible way to finish your life.

yes sir

living through it with my mom now
the family has circled the wagons but the elder care law and complex regulations regarding estate protection is so discouraging

seeing / hearing your loved one say or do things that would normally be unimaginable are just demoralizing and often scary as hell

wouldn’t wish it on anyone

sorry to hear this news

 

[TortElvisII]

Richard Harris once proudly sang these words "...someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again...," so his opinion on American hero John "Yippee Ki Ya, Motherf#cker" McClane is irrelevant.

 

[TortElvisII]

 

[JDHoss]

^ Maybe ALS.

My mom died of Alzheimer's as an angry/frightened/confused skin covered skeleton in a nursing home. One of my best friends developed ALS at 50 and didn't live to see 52, finally dying when he got to the point that he couldn't do more than move his eyes. Both are horrific diseases.

 

[_Mav_]

I forgot about him being the Duck of Death.

 

[gamecockcat]

One of the guys who plays on my tennis league team who is 72 or 73 just told us he got diagnosed with early onset. What a crappy way to go out. IMO, ALS would be worse but neither choice would be good.

 

[Cat_outta_Hell]

I don't think I would go through with it. My grandfather shot himself when his Parkinson's made him unable to function without help. I have already toldy wife I will do the same if diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Have similar agreements in my family. We are eaten up by Alzheimers - I've lost my grandfather and ALL 4 of his sisters. His wife, my grandma of course, has it really bad right now at 81. It's absolutely heartbreaking and pathetic.

Dad is 61 and has told me he's checking out if he ever gets diagnosed, as he likely will, and I completely understand it and agree with him. Will likely do the same myself if they don't have something much better for treatment by then.

 

[jameslee32]

From the comments from Half in the Bag: The Bruce Willis Fake Movie Factory:

"I have a friend who worked on a Bruce Willis movie recently. Apparently he has advanced dementia and is trying to work while he can. He has handlers with him at all times."

"...Bruce's lines are being read to him through an earwig by the script supervisor, but unfortunately this is more due to dementia issues than laziness. The guy couldn't remember his lines if he tried, and often has issues interpreting direction and the instructions being given to him."

"'While filming Glass [in 2019], staffers worked around him by cutting and editing and having him overdub lines because he struggled to remember and/or deliver them,' an insider reveals. 'In most scenes on Glass he’s hooded, and they used stand-in and body doubles to replace him. On set, he wouldn’t smile and was always chaperoned by an assistant to guide him while walking.'”

"...there have been rumours that Bruce may be experiencing early onset dementia/Alzheimer's. And that either low-grade unscrupulous 'filmmakers' are taking full advantage of his vulnerability, or he's taking roles where be can be given one line of dialogue at a time due to his memory problems. It would make a lot of sense given the steep drop in quality of his films, which seemed to happen very suddenly."

"I have a buddy that worked on one of these movies last year in Vancouver. He said it was really hard to watch Bruce struggle to just get his lines out. He was forgetting that he was filming a movie and they had to wait for him so they could record his lines. They were not able to get everything they needed from Bruce because they only had him for a few days and then he was off the movie. They ran out of time to film all of his lines."

And there's lots more similar remarks there.

Willis is only 66.

I'm in my early 40s and I'll sometimes forget why I've walked into a room, or doctor's appointments. I never used to do that. I know it's just me getting older, but the thought of dementia still scares the absolute hell out of me, worse than any other potential malady.

Yippee ki yay mf!

 

[akaukswoosh]

Boy I wish that on no one. Terrible way to finish your life.

Not only terrible for the victim but almost as bad for family and caregivers.

 

[bthaunert]

So sorry for all of you that have gone through it. We are moving my dad into memory care on February 28. His parents both had Alzheimer’s so thank god my parents had the sense to take out long term memory care insurance about 20 years ago.

My dad has been relatively “good” and not nasty, thank god. I think moving him into memory care will be a positive move. He’s a very social person but basically sits in his chair falling in and out of naps all day right now. I had this visual of a nursing home that my grandparents were in back in the 90’s but the place he’s moving into is only a year old and beautiful, right outside of Hilton Head where my parents live. That calmed the nerves a little.

Anyways, god bless you all who have gone through it. It sucks seeing your dad, a successful businessman and family man, become a shell of his former self.

 

[DudahUK]

So sorry for all of you that have gone through it. We are moving my dad into memory care on February 28. His parents both had Alzheimer’s so thank god my parents had the sense to take out long term memory care insurance about 20 years ago.

My dad has been relatively “good” and not nasty, thank god. I think moving him into memory care will be a positive move. He’s a very social person but basically sits in his chair falling in and out of naps all day right now. I had this visual of a nursing home that my grandparents were in back in the 90’s but the place he’s moving into is only a year old and beautiful, right outside of Hilton Head where my parents live. That calmed the nerves a little.

Anyways, god bless you all who have gone through it. It sucks seeing your dad, a successful businessman and family man, become a shell of his former self.

I’ve never heard of memory care insurance?

 

[bthaunert]

I’ve never heard of memory care insurance?

Just long term care insurance…I said the wrong thing. For the amount they paid per month, we are able to get a little over 4 years paid for after he moves out. Wise investment that I will be getting too as the financial burden is not on my mom.

 

[chroix]

There are a lot of things you can do to keep your brain as sharp as possible. Number one is don’t read the comments on YouTube.

 

[chroix]

Number two involves getting rid of everything that makes life enjoyable.

 

[_ukcat]

My family doctor is a close friend. Told him the day they start wiping off cream corn running down my chin give me " the shot". Never want to be that way.

 

[ukgrad83]

Just long term care insurance…I said the wrong thing. For the amount they paid per month, we are able to get a little over 4 years paid for after he moves out. Wise investment that I will be getting too as the financial burden is not on my mom.

My dad bought a policy several years ago and it was a God send. It paid $120/day. Had to put mom in a memory care unit after he passed. She was there for about 2 1/2 years - cost savings for her was over $100K. It was an open ended policy too, which is no longer offered. She made it through the COVID lockdowns but the dementia finally took her in the fall of 2020. Nasty, horrible way for life to end.

 

[mrhotdice]

There are a lot of things you can do to keep your brain as sharp as possible. Number one is don’t read the comments on YouTube.

Just stay off the internet. How can anyone spend all day looking at their phone and have any mind.

 

[numberonedad]

So sorry for all of you that have gone through it. We are moving my dad into memory care on February 28. His parents both had Alzheimer’s so thank god my parents had the sense to take out long term memory care insurance about 20 years ago.

My dad has been relatively “good” and not nasty, thank god. I think moving him into memory care will be a positive move. He’s a very social person but basically sits in his chair falling in and out of naps all day right now. I had this visual of a nursing home that my grandparents were in back in the 90’s but the place he’s moving into is only a year old and beautiful, right outside of Hilton Head where my parents live. That calmed the nerves a little.

Anyways, god bless you all who have gone through it. It sucks seeing your dad, a successful businessman and family man, become a shell of his former self.

My father in law has been in a memory unit for 3 years. He knows none of us. He was a brilliant man who practiced law for 50 years. Not easy to watch

 

[Wildcats1st]

They were saying 4 years ago he had early onset dementia so by now it must be advanced

 

[IdaCat]

My MIL was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia about 3 years ago. My 83 y/o FIL took care of her at home until the end. She frequently did not know who he was. My wife drove the 20 hour round trip every month to help. He wouldn't move. She developed a UTI in November and was taken to the hospital. We were on the road to see them when we heard. After this, she would have needed a nursing home, but she didn't recover and passed after a few days in the hospital.

 

[Glenn's Take]

UTIs really mess with people. They would make my father hallucinate. He would be talking about construction equipment across the street.

 

[JDHoss]

UTIs really mess with people. They would make my father hallucinate. He would be talking about construction equipment across the street.

My mom had several in her last couple of years and they would send her off the rails.

 

[Blue63Madison]

Think we found our next president!

Bad jokes aside, sucks to hear that. Myself like many others have seen Alzheimer’s up close and it’s truly awful.

He’d have to be better than the last two.

 

[BigBlueGuru]

Seems like people who are in high stress jobs or use their minds a lot get these diseases more than others.

 

[rick64]

If true I really feel for the family. Mental conditions like dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s are brutal.

 

[Nightwish84]

So is this just more internet speculation or has a statement from the Willis camp been released? A month ago some here assumed Bob Saget died from the booster because that's what they wanted to believe.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

I thought, “damn, Bruce Willis is like what, 52?” and then read that he was 66 and realized that I’m getting old.

 

[ukalum01]

If you can’t trust YouTube commenters for accurate Bruce Willis medical information… who can you trust?