Sao Paulo
Actor Bruce Willis, 67, who was diagnosed with dementia last Thursday by his family, has been showing symptoms of the disease during recent filming. According to international press reports, he tried to hide the condition.
Bruce Willis, who suffered from aphasia for almost a year, was often confused on film sets and avoided scenes with many lines one of the symptoms of the disease is neurolinguistic difficulties.
According to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, the film’s director had additionally requested that the actor’s role in the production be reduced before filming began on the 2021 feature film “Escape from Death” to cut short Willis’ dialogues.
One of the actor’s techniques to avoid forgetting the lines was to use hidden headphones. Before officially declaring dementia, Bruce Willis announced his retirement from the sets in March last year to focus on his family.