“I agreed to do it very quickly”: Bruce Willis Learned From His Mistake After Losing a Movie That Won 9 Oscars, Said Yes to a Not So Famous Director’s Script

Bruce Willis is one of the most famous and respected individuals in the film industry. The star made a name for himself as an incredibly talented and phenomenal actor through his work in the action-movie genre, with projects like the Die Hard film series, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, and Pulp Fiction being excellent examples of this.

Having had a career that spanned over four decades, it is only natural that Willis has made many amazing and poor decisions when it comes to what roles he picks. It would seem that one of the biggest mistakes of his career led him to trust a fairly infamous director and star in one of his most successful films to this date.

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Bruce Willis’ Team Made Him Reject A Movie That Went On To Win Nine Oscars

There have been many instances in Hollywood where stars pass on a project, only to regret it later due to the success of the film. None, however, may have experienced as much regret as Bruce Willis when he was advised by his agent to pass on the 1996 film, The English Patient After this, the production team was forced to look elsewhere and went on to cast Willem Dafoe in the role instead.

Even though he fell in love with the script the moment he read it, the reason why Willis did not agree to be part of this film was the fact that his agent convinced him that working with the director of this movie, Anthony Minghella, was not the greatest idea.

Unfortunately for Willis, however, the film went on to do exceptionally well amongst audiences and critics, winning nine Academy Awards, including in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and so much more. After this, Willis ended up firing this agent, enraged at losing an excellent opportunity for an odd reason.

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Bruce Willis Would Not Let Another Good Opportunity Pass Him By

Bruce Willis learned his lesson after this incident and decided to go with his gut feeling for his next project, quickly signing onto The Sixth Sense, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Though Shyamalan is quite a well-known person in Hollywood now, having made a name for himself through projects like Knock at the Cabin, Split, and Unbreakable, he was quite known when he was making the 1999 movie.

“I agreed to do it very quickly,” Willis explained

Despite this, however, Willis decided to sign onto the film and trust the up-and-coming director for the sole reason that he found the script of the movie incredibly intriguing. It was a good thing that he did as the movie goes on to be one of Willis’s most successful films to this date, having an incredibly interesting and captivating story that leaves its audience shocked by its ending.

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