I've never understood people being offended by other people's career choices, especially when it's a proved actor like Willis.
I am not directing this at Willis, whose situation is obviously VERY different.
I am not offended by an actor's career choices. But I do get annoyed when I go into a film with an actor who can be great/good, and then they seem to have put in absolutely zero effort. For example, if you paid to watch a baseball exhibition game with a player you like, and that player refused to do anything but a half-hearted attempt at a bunt. Like, yes, that is their choice. But it feels a bit like a slap in the face.
I watched a film with Willis in it back in October,
Marauders. Here is part of what I wrote:
Everything in this film works against any kind of flow or coherence. The editing, something I am not normally very aware of, is choppy and disorienting. . . . This is also one of those films where Bruce Willis clearly got paid to show up for like 1.5 days of shooting, and I could swear that half of his scenes used a double for reverse shots..
Frankly, understanding what was happening now explains not just how Willis performed in this movie (which was, to say the least, minimal) but also the editing, which cut SO FREQUENTLY in conversation-based scenes, probably to cover him not being able to deliver large chunks of dialogue in one take. And I was probably correct about the egregious use of the double. And if
I am noticing use of a double, you know it is extensive and obvious.
This is a really tragic situation. I don't blame Willis for working as hard as he could to profit off of his talent while it was still possible, nor do I blame him for keeping his situation private as long as possible. But when you don't understand why an actor is making those choices, it can feel almost like a breach of faith. "Oh, my name was on the poster and you expected me to put in effort? LOL!"