10 Well Known Actors Who Got Worse Over Time
2. Bruce Willis
Although seeing success with television's Moonlighting, it was 1988's Die Hard that made Bruce Willis a superstar.
In a decade filled with stupidly buff action stars, John McClane was a relatable everyman. Through his stellar performance, Willis proved he was more than just a comedic actor on the small screen.
Further productions like Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element and The Sixth Sense continued to harness the actor's star power, but it was around the late 2000s when Bruce started to take a tumble in the eyes of both critics and audiences.
On the whole, after Die Hard 4.0, Willis just didn't seem to care about acting anymore and began to phone it in on contemporary productions. Arguably the film that kicked off this trend was 2009's Surrogates, a very ho-hum sci-fi outing in which he looked incredibly bored throughout.
Things didn't get much better as the actor proceeded to botch the role that made him famous in 2013's A Good Day to Die Hard. What was once a likeable protagonist became a generic superhero.
Nowadays, Willis rarely makes an impact. Even further role reprisals in films like Glass can't salvage his dwindling career.