The Washington Post reports:
At the 42nd annual Razzies awards this year, Bruce Willis received his own special category: “worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie.” Willis — and only Willis — was nominated eight times, for movies including “American Siege” and “Midnight in the Switchgrass.” The actor ultimately won for his performance in “Cosmic Sin,” a sci-fi movie in which Willis plays a leading role.
But days after the Razzies handed out the award, Willis’s family announced that the star was stepping away from acting after he was diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that can affect a person’s ability to understand and produce language. In response, organizers of the spoof award program on Thursday rescinded Willis’s award, saying it is inappropriate in light of his diagnosis.
Read the full article. Good for them.
The Razzies rescinded the “worst performance” award given to Bruce Willis following the announcement that he has been diagnosed with aphasia. https://t.co/ShTO7upo9c
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2022
As Bruce Willis acted in 22 films in the last few years, some who worked with him on set grew concerned about his mental acuity.
Nearly two dozen of his colleagues shared heart-wrenching stories with The Times about his cognitive decline. Read more at https://t.co/HGbrfIZN2U
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 1, 2022
Mike Burns directed Bruce Willis in two recent films. He was told to cut Willis’ script down by 5 pages: “After the first day of working with Bruce, I realized that there was a bigger issue at stake here and why I had been asked to shorten his lines.” https://t.co/c2TYuskAlp
— Variety (@Variety) March 31, 2022
Bruce Willis allegedly struggled to remember lines and fired a prop gun on the wrong cue while making final films, according to a new report that follows the actor’s aphasia diagnosis. https://t.co/SOlCuG1qBX
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 31, 2022