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Bill Murray appeared to get tearful as he reminisced about working with his “good friend” Bruce Willis on Wes Anderson’s 2012 rom-com Moonrise Kingdom. During a recent appearance on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live talk show to promote his new movie The Friend, Bill, 74, was asked to rank some of Anderson’s movies - including the one he worked on with Bruce - from least favorite to most favorite. Bill briefly discussed each film, which included all of his starred roles , as he dished his rankings, Antiques Roadshow expert almost floored as unusual artwork comes with personalized note Val Kilmer dead aged 65 after legendary Batman star suffered pneumonia battle He began by praising The Grand Budapest Hotel from 2014 for its “incredible” technical aspects and calling The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005) the most challenging job, while remembering Moonrise Kingdom as a “beautiful and lovely film.
” This prompted him to remember co-starring alongside Bruce, who is battling frontotemporal dementia , in the latter. “I got to work with, and I got to have a wonderful time with Bruce Willis, [who] we should remember today. He just had a birthday,” Bill gushed.
He went on to plea, “Bruce Willis is a good guy. He’s a good f---king guy. And he was a good friend.
" Bill revealed that he had met Bruce at NBC’s New York City headquarters years before they worked together on Moonrise Kingdom. "Bruce Willis was a page at NBC when I was on Saturday Night Live,” he recalled, explaining the Pulp Fiction star's job was to go around to the dressing rooms and refill snacks. DON'T MISS.
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’ And I always thought, ‘OK, I’m good with this guy,’” Bill continued. In 2023, Bruce's family announced that the beloved star had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The news came a year after they initially revealed he had been diagnosed with aphasia and would be “stepping away” from acting.
Ever since, Bruce has stayed out of the spotlight, making only rare appearances, as he and his family grapple with the devastating condition..
