The news of the retirement of Bruce Willis, for medical reasons, caused a great wave of emotion. On the side of the public as on the side of the Hollywood industry, the reactions were numerous, saluting an actor and a career admired by all. His friend John Travolta wanted to send him a message.
Bruce Willis bids farewell
This is very sad news, which we would have liked to do without. At 67, actor and producer Bruce Willis are taking his retirement from film sets, suffering from aphasia, a neurological language disorder. It was his family who announced it on March 30, 2022, on social networks, generating an important emotion and also providing an explanation of his last on-screen appearances. Indeed, he already suffered from this condition during his last shoots, films of very poor quality where his performance was limited. As quickly revealed he had wanted to turn and honor his last commitments in order to be able to finance his future treatments.
With a filmography spanning over 40 years, Bruce Willis acquired early his superstar status revolutionizing with John McTiernan the genre of action with crystal trap in 1988. An iconic role, that of John McClane, which he resumed four times, but one role among others that made him the “coolest” actor of the 90s. pulp Fiction, The Army of the 12 Monkeys, Armageddon, Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The fifth Element… The list of his memorable films and his collaborations with great filmmakers is long. In homage to the actor and to the man, it is moreover his friend and play partner in pulp Fiction, John Travoltawho has just spoken.
John Travolta greets his friend Bruce Willis
John Travolta and Bruce Willis have only worked together in three films, Hello mama, here baby, Hello mom, it’s me again, and Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece pulp Fiction. It’s little, for two actors who have worked a lot, but enough to have them unfailingly linked. Also touched by the announcement of the retirement of Bruce Willis and his current condition, John Travolta thus posted a photo on Instagram accompanied by a nice message.
Bruce and I became good friends when we shared two of our biggest hits, Pulp Fiction and “Hello Mom, Here Baby.” Years later, he once said to me, “John, I want you to know that when something good happens to you, it’s like it happened to me too.” That’s how generous a soul he is. I love you Bruce.
A touching message from one Hollywood legend to another, and if Travolta doesn’t mention it, we should see them both soon in the film Paradise City an action film shot in 2021 by Chuck Russell, director in particular of The Mask. 28 years after Pulp Fiction, the emotion should be there.
