I am nervous
you gonna be great, don´t worry. You gonna be just fine
what? Do you think I understand a word you saying?
It´s OK, I´m fine, thanks
Vanessa Christin: you brought John McClane to life 25 years ago
since then there have been five movies and the people just loved them
how does it feel to have created such a cinematic hero?
Bruce Willis: well that's nice compliment thank you
I wasn´t ever planning to create a
cinematic hero but I agree i think that it is cinematic
these Die Hard films are always
some kind of of spectacle
something happens something
something big happens
but it's
if you took away all those things he took away the big explosions and uh...
fire and water and all those crazy things it would still have
a pretty good story that has to do with
family
conflict
and family drama
I couldn't be more pleased that I still get to do them in
uh... and that I am still physically able to
keep up with a guy like Jai Courtney
You came up with the idea for the movie, didn´t you?
my brother and I did, you know it was just
an idea that really came from the first film.
There was a photograph
of uh... myself and and uh...
Bonnie Bedelia and two little kids
and those two kids grew up to be
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jai Courtney
so it gives us the opportunity
to keep the film within a family context
in this movie its about the father- son relationship
you are surrounded by girls you have four daughters, a wife, do you
sometimes miss a little bit more Testosterone
It´s not
unlike
any family conflicts
I have always raised
my daughters to
have their own opinions to not let anyone
talk them out of their opinions
what happens when you when you do that though as you have to listen to the
opinions of your children
it certainly is a
a great template for these kind of films
that that that the relationship with
with my son in this film with Jai Courtney
is really based on the fact that we didn´t get along very much when
he was a kid
and uh...
that we'd
we just work it out on film it's not like
you know it would be a totally different film if it was just
five films of me and my little dog
he can't find the dog again, the dog ran away again something like that
so
so we probably wouldn't have done five films without that kind of story
family conflict is
you can always relate to it
um
I don´t know what you think about the valentine's day release
Yes, I just wanted to ask you about that
why did you do that?
I did not, I didn´t do it, it was not my choice, I thought Valentines Day, hmm?
but what I like about is that the girls get to choose the movies on Valentine's Day
They should be running the planet, women should be in charge of everything
You really do think so?
I do. I think it´s
it would certainly help
human relations
I like that answer
John he is so brave
how brave are you when it comes to real life
I´m not very brave
I´m not that brave
I
I kind of share that with you
I am a little afraid of mice
You are afraid of mice? If I see a mouse I get a little
I send
my wife Emma, she's incredibly brave she just goes over there
she scares the mouse away
but i don't uh...
i want you to keep this a secret, I don´t really don't tell anybody
but if I see a mouse, I get a little
I get a little nervous just thinking about it
mice
I think I do that in the next film, I have a little mouse run by and I go
haaaaaaa haaaaaaa mouse
I am sure the people would love to see that
So, it´s been 25 years since the first movie of Die Hard
when you think back and you could give an advice to the
twenty five years younger Bruce Willis what would you tell yourself
try to behave yourself
try to
try to not get
in such trouble
uh...
I don´t know. I think advice
is highly overrated. Everybody has advice, advice for you for everybody
everybody gives you advice
of you know
you shouldn´t wear that color, thats not a good color for you
everybody has advice all the time
I think we all have to
take it easy on the advice
I don´t know what to tell people about things
it's a good question
you know try not to tell too many people about this whole mouse thing
my wife said
tell them the story about how you are afraid of mice
happy Valentine's Day
thank you for trusting me
and thank you so much for the interview