Jerry Bruckheimer has nothing but praise for Bruce Willis as he looks back on the set of the 1998 blockbuster. Armageddonproduced by Bruckheimer.
The legendary producer said People reviewin an interview published Tuesday, that the Die hard The star was extremely kind to everyone who worked on the set, especially the crew members.
“Bruce is a really good guy,” he said. “He was so generous to the crew.”
Bruckheimer particularly remembered Willis, whom he called a “generous guy”, always contributing cash gifts for the crew at the end of each week.
“They had drawings, and he would throw a lot of money in the hat, and the crew members always walked away with a little extra money at the end of the week, whoever won,” said the Top Gun: Maverick » added the producer.
Armageddon, which also starred Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Steve Buscemi and Owen Wilson, follows a group of oil drillers that NASA recruits to fly into space to save the planet after discovering that a massive asteroid is heading quickly towards Earth. The film, directed by Michael Bay, received four Oscar nominations.
Bruckheimer is not the only Hollywood notable to praise Willis in recent years, following the pulp Fiction The actor retired from acting in 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia. The following year, his family confirmed that his health had worsened. Since then, he has been battling frontotemporal dementia.
In May 2023, Arnold Schwarzenegger shared some sweet words about Willis, calling him “fantastic.”
“He was always, for years and years, a very, very big star,” Schwarzenegger said. CinemaBlend at the time. “And I think he will always be remembered as a big, big star. And a nice man.
