Bruce Willis so bad he gets his own category

In the mid-2000s, Bruce Willis was still one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors. But at the latest after the fifth and last “Die Hard” it went downhill for him. Now Willis has received 8 nominations for the negative award “The Golden Raspberry”.

The jury for the Golden Raspberry even created a separate category for the actor. In the category “The worst performance by Bruce Willis in a film from 2021” Willis competes against himself eight times. All eight roles he played in the past year have been nominated. None of the films attracted much attention, none was released in German cinemas.

This makes Willis the next action hero of the 1980s and 90s to be found in a series of now rather hapless actors such as Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Older actresses in particular complain about a lack of interesting role offers, but things can also look bleak for their older male colleagues after a few years in the business. It is striking that mostly actors are affected who could inspire the audience more with their physique than their outstanding acting performances.

Nicholas Cage or John Travolta, who were still considered blockbuster guarantors in the 1990s, can now be seen primarily in B movies. Arnold Schwarzenegger also had trouble getting back into the film business after serving as California governor, and Mel Gibson shot himself out with his anti-Semitic tirades.

Is there still hope of a comeback?

Despite the dubious Golden Raspberry award, all is not lost for Willis. Other action stars with comparable careers were also able to “reinvent” themselves. Like Sylvester Stallone, who in the early 2000s appeared to be past his prime in the film business. Ten years later he was able to pull himself out of the career swamp with the old man action “Expendables” and the revival of his cult figures Rocky Balboa and John Rambo.

The awarding of the “Golden Raspberry” traditionally takes place on the eve of the Oscars, this year on March 26th.

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