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Bruce Willis Wanted $1 Million dollars Per Day For Expendables 3. Sly says NO!

We learned yesterday that Sly and Bruce Willis were at odds and Stallone flat out called him lazy.  Well now we are starting to learn more details behind the dispute.  It appears that someone who is in the “know” leaked to Hollywood Reporter what really went down.

Apparently Bruce was too expensive for the project.  He was offered $3 Million for four days of work in Bulgaria.  However that wasn’t enough.[more…]

The source says that he wanted $1 million per day,

“He said he’d drop out unless he got $4 million, a million dollars a day. Stallone and everybody else involved said no. I think [Willis] was pretty surprised he was replaced in 72 hours by Harrison Ford – a better actor, a much nicer person and a more interesting direction for the film.”

Ouch!  I guess one could consider that lazy.

Bruce is feeling himself these days coming off a pretty decent year at the box office…..maybe.  The newest installment to the Die Hard Franchise, “ A Good Day to die Hard” brought in $305 million, and “GI Joe: Retaliation”  grossed $372 million however he belly flopped with his latest film “Red 2” with a dismal $80 million.

Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD placing him in the top ten stars in terms of box office receipts….however he is number 7 on that list and Harrison Ford is #3.  With Star Wars and Indiana Jones under his belt that’s hard to beat.

I’m not mad at Bruce; you know how much you are worth to the project and with a net worth of $150 million and counting I’m sure he’ll be just fine.  When I asked Bruce if he was upset about the decision to replace him with Harrison Ford, he simply asked me, “Can Harrison Ford do this…….”

Nuff Said.