Im a fan of most of bruce willis stuff from moonlighting onwards. If you do, ive hope you worked out the trauma with a therapist, because the bruce willisstarring action. Kevin smith video interview on his new book, tough sht. Smith said he learned from harvey weinstein that when you felt like you had a sure thing to never give it up. Kevin smith has stepped up his feud with his former cop out star bruce willis a rift apparently developed between the pair while they shot the movie with tracy morgan in 2009. Demi moore had an emotional phone call with bruce willis a. Hostage is a 2005 american action thriller film produced by and starring bruce willis and directed by florent emilio siri. Kevin smith says harvey weinstein didnt pay him royalties.
The book, which finds batman at a sort of midlife crisis as an old flame reenters his life and a new hero created by smith appears in gotham city, features appearances by some of the brightest stars of the d. Kevin smith has 123 books on goodreads with 67503 ratings. Director kevin smith on heart attacks, happiness, extreme weight loss and weinstein. Kevin smith is hilarious, and an excellent story teller, but took one hard to the ego by having someone like willis disregard him and hes taken every opportunity to. Both hailing from new jersey though willis spent his first two years in germany, the two stars got along swimmingly and even kept in touch after production had ended. Walter bruce willis was born in the west german town of idaroberstein on march 19, 1955. Kevin patrick smith born august 2, 1970 is an american screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author. Jay and silent bob reboot official red band trailer.
Actor, writer and director kevin smith has lashed out at bruce willis on marc maron s podcast, claiming that working with the action icon during shooting for his recent film cop out was soul. Bruce very much enjoyed working with kevin smith as well as his co. Can someone tell me whats the beef between kevin smith. In summer 2009, the national enquirer reported that willis was noticeably absent at the wrap party for the movie, where smith reportedly toasted. Kevin smith takes on batman, bruce willis, warren zevon. A key example would be the fallout from cop out during which it got out that bruce willis had clashed with smith over his style of or lack thereof. Kevin smith reacts to not being invited to bruce willis roast. He turned out to be the unhappiest, most bitter and. Bruce williss kind gesture to kevin smith wasnt what it seemed. And kevin manages to bring all that and more to this book, which has a breezy conversational style that very much matches the kevin smith you hear on his podcasts.
Director kevin smith on heart attacks, happiness, extreme. Kevin smith tells how it is to work with bruce willis. The director behind the jay and silent bob films, cop out, and red state has some words for bruce willis. This film was obviously chosen for a reason other than the script. Kevin smith s feud with bruce willis while extending back to their working together on the movie cop out was revisited thursday when he tweeted about his terrible work experience with.
Kevin smith announces jay and silent bob reboot trailer for san diego comiccon hallh panel. Kevin smith, the screenwriter, actor, director, and comedian, has reignited his feud with bruce willis via incendiary comments posted on his twitter account. Of course it was all framed as yet another story about how bruce willis is a huge asshole a topic kevin smith still brings up at the drop of a hat, and one that will probably come as an enormous surprise to anyone who has never, ever read a single thing about bruce willis going all the way back to moonlighting in the 1980s, but in this case. Life advice from a fat, lazy slob who did good, smith said of willis. The film was based on the novel of the same name by robert crais, and was adapted for the screen by doug richardson. Kevin smith replies that hes happy when fans gush over him. Kevin smiths feud with bruce willis while extending back to their working together on the movie cop out was revisited thursday when he tweeted about his terrible work experience with. With bruce willis, tracy morgan, juan carlos hernandez, cory fernandez. Cop out is a 2010 american buddy cop actioncomedy film directed and edited by kevin smith, written by mark and robb cullen and starring bruce willis, tracy morgan, kevin pollak and seann william scott. According to smith, the widening gyre is a 12issue batman miniseriessplit into two volumes, with a half year break between each.
Kevin smith did not receive an invitation to attend the upcoming roast of bruce willis. Bruce willis called kevin smith and they had a lovely. Kevin smith says working with bruce willis on cop out was. Bruce willis and tracy morgan team up for the warner bros. The book covers a wide range of topics from smiths difficulties directing bruce willis in the buddy flick cop out to his veneration of hockey great wayne gretzky to drug use and his 2010. Many expected the director who openly discussed his unfavorable experience working with willis to be a part of the event. Kevin smith tells how it is to work with bruce willis youtube. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will. The 2010 film, starring bruce willis, tracy morgan. Kevin smith was not invited to bruce willis roast, but he managed to sneak in a jab and a pun against his former cop out star. Kevin smith comments on not being invited to bruce willis. He also has some fantastic insidehollywood stories, including the trauma of working with bruce willis and a long account of his relationship with the weinsteins.
Smith has replied in his typical sarcastic fashion. The pair fell out during the making of smiths 2010 action comedy cop out, which was poorly received by critics asked about their. Back in 2010, smith directed cop out starring bruce willis and the two notoriously did not get along, a fact smith brought up as recently as last year when he wasnt invited to take part in. Hollywood director kevin smith has launched a blistering attack on actor bruce willis saying he is soul crushing to work with. Despite nine years as partners, the two lawmen can still sometimes seem like polar opposites. Stacker presents the best and worst kevin smith movies up tobut not includingjay and silent bob reboot. Bruce willis denies feud with director kevin smith. Bruce willis has brushed off rumors of a feud with hollywood filmmaker kevin smith after the director reportedly lashed out at a recent event. Kevin smith, never afraid to burn bridges and to draw as much attention to himself as possible, didnt just blame critics for the failure of his illfated comedy cop out. Nine reasons i dont like kevin smith anymore funks. His next film, a couple of dicks, stars bruce willis and is locked for a february release.
We need to talk about kevin smith movie mezzanine part 2. Kevin smith calls bruce willis an emobch in his new. With the upcoming release of kevin smiths newest comedy, jay and silent bob reboot, it was recently revealed that ben affleck would be. Kevin patrick smith was born in red bank but grew up in highlands, new jersey, the son of grace schultz and donald e. But if you are looking for any sort of motivation or advice in any of them, you can safely skip this book. Willis spokesperson even issued a statement stating that there is absolutely no rift between bruce willis and kevin smith. The film was on the border line of being fast forwarded. Kevin smith on directing bruce willis in cop out youtube. From a script by robb and mark cullen, the story centers around police detectives jimmy willis, a nob.
The plot revolves around two veteran nypd partners willis and morgan on the trail of a stolen, rare, mintcondition baseball card who find themselves up against a relentless, memorabilia. You have some harsh things to say in the book about bruce willis, who starred in your film cop out. Smith extemporises on everything from phone chats with bruce willis to his dogs genitalia. Smith discusses a wide variety of topics in this book what inspired him to make clerks, the weinsteins, making cop out with bruce willis, wayne gretsky, red state, the southwest incident, george carlin, podcasts, quentin tarrantino, and meeting his wife. Kevin smith is hilarious, and an excellent story teller, but took one hard to the ego by having someone like willis disregard him and hes taken every opportunity to make light of the situation. Kevin smith was not invited to bruce willis roast, but he managed to. Bruce willis has said that director kevin smith is a whiner. Weighted scores were collected from imdb, rotten tomatoes, letterboxd, and metacritic, and then aggregated into one stacker score. Kevin smith sold his first movie, clerks, to harvey weinstein out of the sundance film festival in 1994. His mother, marlene, was a german woman from kassel. Basically bruce willis found kevin smith to be a gross pothead, unprepared and unprofessional and didnt enjoy working with him.
Director kevin smith dishes advice in new memoir reuters. Since its his only hope to pay for his daughters upcoming wedding, he recruits his cop partner paul to track down the robber, a. Kevin smith says working with bruce willis on cop out was soul. All bruce willis movies ranked smith directed cop out starring bruce willis and the two notoriously did not get along, a fact smith brought up as recently as last year when he wasnt invited to take part in.
But if you are looking for any sort of motivation or advice in any of them, you can. Kevin smith explains why bruce willis is a fucking prick. Since its his only hope to pay for his daughters upcoming wedding, he recruits his cop partner paul to track down the robber, a memorabiliaobsessed gangster. Even better id found people whod heard of the film makers id heard of like kubrick, the coens and kevin smith. Actor, writer and director kevin smith has lashed out at bruce willis on marc marons podcast, claiming that working with the action icon during.
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