Halle Berry reflected on a less than remarkable experience working with Bruce Willis.

Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Bruce Willis have joined forces in various movies like Perfect Stranger and The Last Boy Scout. However, the actress has shared that she did not have a very pleasant experience working with the action star in their first film together, Tony Scott’s The Last Boy Scout.

The Last Boy Scout
The film follows Willis as a washed-up private investigator who teams up with a disgraced football star to uncover a potential conspiracy. Berry, who was still carving her path in the industry, portrayed the role of a stripper, Cory. And she later expressed feeling overlooked and unnoticed by her co-star.

Halle Berry Opened Up About Her First Time Working with Bruce Willis

Halle Berry reflected on her experience working with the 69-year-old actor Bruce Willis in the 1991 film The Last Boy Scout. The Oscar winner, who was in her initial years in Hollywood, was excited about starring in the same film as the Die Hard star.

Halle Berry (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
“I was so in awe of Bruce Willis and being on a big fancy movie like that,” she told Black Film in an interview. However, despite starring together in the same film, she also felt disappointed by the lack of acknowledgment or interaction with her co-star. She said,

“‘He didn’t even know I was alive in that movie. I don’t even think he looked me in the face. He probably doesn’t know we worked together. He didn’t noticed me back then.”

A still from The Last Boy Scout
The 57-year-old actress also reflected on how her collaborations with Willis reminded her how anything is possible. By the time, they once again shared the screen in Perfect Stranger, Berry was well-known in the industry and had even won an Oscar for the 2002 film Monster’s Ball.

“Working with him now reminded me on the absurdity of life on how you can go from one extreme to the other within the same life — Just because you are in one place doesn’t mean you can’t go wherever your mind can imagine.”

While The Sixth Sense star was unable to notice his co-star in their first film together, after starring in their second film together, he confessed to having a crush on Berry.

Bruce Willis Admitted to Having a Crush on Halle Berry

Halle Berry has shared that she was the one who suggested Bruce Willis for the 2007 film and also approached the actor, who was her next-door neighbor at the time. The actor recalled getting their interaction in an interview with Access Hollywood.

“She brought me the script (for ‘Perfect Stranger’) over,” she said, as per Today, before adding, “She knocked on the door and said, ‘I’d like you to take a look at this,’ and I’m doing it.” During the interview, he also confessed to having a crush on his co-star.

Bruce Willis and Halle Berry in Perfect Stranger (2007)
“I do have a little crush on Halle,” he said. Reciprocating his feelings, the X-Men star playfully replied, “Never say never, but moving away didn’t help our romance, that’s for sure!” Both the actors have enjoyed successful careers in Hollywood.

In 2023, Willis announced his retirement following a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. Meanwhile, Berry is gearing up to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in the upcoming action comedy The Union, which is set to release on August 16, 2024.

The Last Boy Scout and Perfect Stranger are available to stream on Prime Video.