News culture “Don’t worry about the money” To play with this Hollywood legend, Bruce Willis gave up 99% of his salary
Published on 11/16/2024 at 3:40 p.m.
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In the halls of Hollywood, there are many actors who may have developed some form of greed, but not Bruce Willis. Even though he happened to earn astronomical sums thanks to the films in which he appeared, he was ready to make immense financial sacrifices to share the poster with stars of the Seventh Art. In 1994, he agreed to cut down to 1% to be part of the cast of the film Almost Perfect Man.
Bruce Willis, an actor passionate about cinema and ready to make any sacrifices in this field
Although he is now absent from the giant screens, due to his state of health, Bruce Willis is one of those actors who has had the right to a formidable career. It must be said that Bruce Willis has always proven that he has an immeasurable love for the world of cinema and that this cultural object takes up a lot of space in his daily life.. Not so long ago, we discussed the passion that Bruce Willis had for this Martin Scorsese film. He was such a fan of it that he watched it once a week for a while! In itself, there are a whole bunch of anecdotes like this about Bruce Willis himself or about his career.
As we said, Bruce Willis loves cinema passionately, even if it doesn’t always go very well. During his career, the actor has experienced ups and downs, sometimes both in succession. There is, for example, this story according to which the actor agreed to sign a three-film deal after causing Disney to lose nearly $30 million. The irony is that two of the three films in which he agreed to appear became cult and allowed him to build his notoriety in Hollywood. Anyway, if we needed another example of this love that Bruce Willis has with cinema, we could cite… the shooting of the film An almost perfect man.
Bruce Willis accepted minimum wage and gave up 99% of what he could earn to star with this actor
Before returning to the details of this anecdote, we must put things in context.. At that time, Bruce Willis had already appeared in cult films (Crystal Trap (Die Hard), 58 Minutes to Live (Die Hard 2) or even Pulp Fiction). Thanks to this, the actor quickly achieved his star status… and the cachet that went with it. However, the subject of remuneration was often variable. It is said, among other things, that his salary for Pulp Fiction didn’t even reach the million dollars ($800,000, “only”). Apart from these big projects, Bruce Willis sometimes had the instinct to try other experiments on smaller productions, even if it meant taking risks for the rest of his career.
A few years before the film was shot An almost perfect manBruce Willis had the opportunity to cross paths with director Robert Benton. Following this meeting, Bruce Willis found himself in the casting of Billy Bathgatea drama and gangster film that failed to break through at the box office. Around 1994, Robert Benton contacted Willis again, explaining to him that his next film, in which Paul Newman would appear, would not have the same means as the previous film.. Having long dreamed of sharing the poster with this actor, Bruce Willis then accepted a salary of 1400 dollars – an amount which corresponds both to the minimum salary of the actors’ union at the time and to 1% of the amount Willis sometimes received at the end of certain shootings (around 15 million dollars per film) -, even explaining to Benton not to “ worry about money » and that he already imagined “ have a good time » to play in this feature film.
