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Bruce Willis Was ‘So Generous’ on ‘Armageddon’ Set That He’d ‘Throw a Lot of Money’ Into a Weekly Giveaway So Crew Could ‘Take Away Some Extra Cash’
Bruce Willis was "so generous" on the "Armageddon" set that he would donate his own money to a cash prize each week to ensure the crew was supported.
Super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently told People magazine that Bruce Willis was so generous on the set of their 1998 blockbuster “ Armageddon ” that he gave money away to the crew to make sure people had some “nice extra cash at the end of the week.” Willis headlined the Michael Bay-directed film opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck. “Armageddon” centers on a group of oil drillers employed by NASA to fly into space and prevent a massive asteroid from colliding with Earth by drilling a nuclear bomb into its core. In February 2023, the actor’s family confirmed that Willis’ aphasia was the result of frontotemporal dementia.
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