Die Hard star last appeared in a stage play in 1984, but says theatre 'seems like a more reasonable job, more manageable'
Yippee ki-yay, theatregoers: Bruce Willis has hinted that he's in the market for a return to the stage.
It's been close to 30 years since the 57-year-old Die Hard star last took on a stage role, but before he broke into Hollywood, Willis spent the best part of a decade working in theatre.
In 1977, aged 22, Willis secured his first professional role in an off-Broadway play called Heaven and Earth, having previously played Brick in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof while still a student. He then spent several years working off-Broadway, four of them as the lead in Dennis Watlington's play Bullpen, before replacing Ed Harris as male lead in Sam Shepard's classic Fool for Love at the Douglas Fairbanks theatre.
That was in 1984 and,...
Yippee ki-yay, theatregoers: Bruce Willis has hinted that he's in the market for a return to the stage.
It's been close to 30 years since the 57-year-old Die Hard star last took on a stage role, but before he broke into Hollywood, Willis spent the best part of a decade working in theatre.
In 1977, aged 22, Willis secured his first professional role in an off-Broadway play called Heaven and Earth, having previously played Brick in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof while still a student. He then spent several years working off-Broadway, four of them as the lead in Dennis Watlington's play Bullpen, before replacing Ed Harris as male lead in Sam Shepard's classic Fool for Love at the Douglas Fairbanks theatre.
That was in 1984 and,...
- 3/1/2013
- by Matt Trueman
- The Guardian - Film News
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