Whats even more shocking is that this salary was heavily discounted due to his confidence in the premise of the film. Bruce Willis, who retired from acting last year due to aphasia issues, has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family said Thursday. And while it's written by Breach team Edward Drake and Corey Large (recycling the same aliens-taking-control-of-human-bodies conceit), the movie's more expansive attempt at world building only serves to strain the plot's logic along with its budget. Bill Watters is a child of the late 70s- he walked into a theater to watch Star Wars, and emerged to become a lifelong fan of cinema and television. After the first day of working with Bruce, I could see it firsthand and I realized that there was a bigger issue at stake here and why I had been asked to shorten his lines, Burns said. Cosmic Sin is the latest in a string of low-budget sci-fi actioners Bruce Willis has collected a paycheck for. Concerned about Willis mental state, he said he approached the actors team which is led by his assistant-turned-handler Stephen J. Eads and bluntly asked about the actors condition. For his work, he is credited as a producer on Willis films. We look forward to continuing our long relationship with you on these and other films to come, read the deal sent to Eads by Emmett, the chief executive of the production company. "We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him. UPDATE: 2022/10/01 14:50 EST BY JOSEPH BAXTER. Having Willis face on a movie poster or a lineup of streaming service thumbnails helped draw viewers to his films. As the films went on, his salary would increase to $7.5 million, $15 million, and even going as high as $25 million. While there were some lean years in the early to mid-90s where he made some terribly dubious projects, including "Hudson Hawk", "Striking Distance", "North", and the seriously unfortunate, "Color of Night", he managed to bounce back quite nicely, and has remained a fan favorite to this day. On Wednesday, the 67-year-olds family said he will retire from acting because he has aphasia. Since Willis refused to return for the third part, it is highly unlikely that he would have been asked to come back for the fourth film as well. It's interesting to note that a director whom Willis worked with on a number of occasions - Barry Levinson - has now drifted into peak television, helming the well-received biopic of disgraced football coach Joe Paterno, with Al Pacino in the leading role. The map of movie-star salaries now must be redrawn. Willis peaked decades ago, and it's been a steady decline since. The career of Bruce Willis in pictures
