Bruce Willis Says 'Die Hard 4' Was Tough to Make at 52
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Actor Bruce Willis says he is glad to be back doing action films, but, at 52, admitted that surviving "Live Free or Die Hard" was no easy task.
"It was a really hard film to make," he said at a press conference Tuesday. "A year ago when we started making this film, the risk factor was very high. There was a high possibility of failure in a film like this. But it turned out very well."
The latest installment in the Die Hard series revolves around a planned cyber-terror attack on the United States, with Willis teaming up with Justin Long, who plays a computer hacker, to thwart the evil Mai, Hong Kong star Maggie Quigley, who is better known as Maggie Q.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Willis noted that the movie's director, Len Wiseman, was just 16 years old when the first Die Hard was released in 1988 — evidence that, as the name suggests, the movie has staying power.
"Now you can see me as a 32-year-old actor and as a 52-year-old actor," he said.
Audiences can also see Willis get beat up by a woman.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"This is the first time I've fought against a woman in a film and lost," Willis said.
The movie premieres in Japan on June 23. It opens in the U.S. and elsewhere on June 27.