11 Famous Movie Stars Who Were Fired (And Why)

2. Bruce Willis - The Expendables 3

Bruce Willis can€™t seem to catch a break lately. He was allegedly fired from Woody Allen€™s next film because he didn€™t know his lines, he keeps appearing in a string of straight to DVD movies and he€™s earned bad reviews for his role in the Broadway version of Misery. He€™s even rubbing up his friends the wrong way, as he was set to return as Mr. Church in the third Expendables movie. The part had always been a well paid cameo for him; where he turns up on set for a few days, hangs out with some old pals and gets well paid for his troubles. Not well enough as it turns out. Why He Was Fired: As Stallone eloquently put it, Willis is €œgreedy and lazy€. When entering negotiations for the movie the company offered him $3 million for four days work. Willis didn€™t like that, stating he wanted $4 million instead. The company refused, Stallone was furious and Harrison Ford came on within days to take his place. There€™s even an in-joke about it in the movie, as Ford appears and tells Stallone that €œMr. Church is out of the picture.€ Guess he was expendable after all.
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