Editing Bruce Willis (section)

=== 2000s ===
[[File:BruceWillis2002.jpg|thumb|Willis in 2002 after being named Hasty Pudding Theatrical's Man of the Year]]
[[File:BruceWillisLFDHpremiere07.jpg|thumb|Willis in June 2007 in the premiere of ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'']]
In 2000, Willis won an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/bruce-willis |title=Bruce Willis Emmy Award Winner |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120120538/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/bruce-willis |archivedate=January 20, 2013 |website=Emmys.com |accessdate=June 8, 2012}}</ref> for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his work on ''[[Friends]]'' (in which he played the father of [[Ross Geller]]'s much-younger girlfriend).<ref name="52Emmys">{{cite news|title=The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59857880.xml?dids=59857880:59857880&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+11%2C+2000&author=BRIAN+LOWRY&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=THE+52ND+ANNUAL+EMMY+AWARDS%3B+Veterans+Top+List+of+Creative+Arts+Winners%3B+Veterans+Lead+in+Creative+Fields&pqatl=google|date=September 11, 2000|access-date=May 9, 2009|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604180115/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59857880.xml?dids=59857880:59857880&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+11%2C+2000&author=BRIAN+LOWRY&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=THE+52ND+ANNUAL+EMMY+AWARDS%3B+Veterans+Top+List+of+Creative+Arts+Winners%3B+Veterans+Lead+in+Creative+Fields&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also nominated for a 2001 American Comedy Award (in the Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series category) for his work on ''Friends''. Also in 2000, Willis played Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski in ''[[The Whole Nine Yards (film)|The Whole Nine Yards]]'' alongside [[Matthew Perry]],<ref name="PerryWhole9">{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/perry-goes-whole-9-yards-with-willis-in-hitman-laffer-1117493253/ | title=Perry goes 'Whole 9 Yards' with Willis in hitman laffer | first=Michael | last=Fleming | date=April 14, 1999 | work=Variety | access-date=April 12, 2022 | archive-date=November 10, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110085107/https://variety.com/1999/film/news/perry-goes-whole-9-yards-with-willis-in-hitman-laffer-1117493253/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and Russ Duritz in ''[[Disney's The Kid]]'' opposite [[Emily Mortimer]].<ref name="LAT">{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Patrick |date=2000-07-05 |title=Keeping Company With Disney |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-05-ca-47775-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204084637/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-05-ca-47775-story.html |archive-date=2024-12-04 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Willis was originally cast as Terry Benedict in ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]'' (2001) but dropped out to work on recording an album.<ref name="TerryAlbum">{{cite news|last=Rohan|first=Virginia|title=Let's Make a Deal|work=[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]]|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95921703.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104061855/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95921703.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|url-access=registration |date=June 28, 2004|access-date=May 9, 2009}}</ref> In the sequel, ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'' (2004), he makes a [[cameo appearance]] as himself. In 2005, he appeared in the film adaptation of ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]''. In 2006, he lent his voice as RJ the Raccoon in ''[[Over the Hedge]]''. In 2007, he appeared in the ''[[Planet Terror]]'' half of the double feature ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' as the villain, a mutant soldier. This marked Willis's second collaboration with the director [[Robert Rodriguez]], following ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]''.

Willis appeared on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' several times throughout his career. He filled in for an ill [[David Letterman]] on his show on February 26, 2003, when he was supposed to be a guest.<ref name="EWEyesHave">{{cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|title=The Eyes Have It|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/02/28/daves-diagnosis-shingles/|date=February 28, 2003|access-date=May 9, 2009|archive-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204230939/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,427601,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On many of his appearances on the show, Willis staged elaborate jokes, such as wearing a day-glo orange suit in honor of the [[The Gates|Central Park gates]], having one side of his face made up with simulated [[birdshot]] wounds after the [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|Harry Whittington shooting]], or trying to break a record (a parody of [[David Blaine]]) of staying underwater for only twenty seconds.

On April 12, 2007, he appeared again, this time wearing a [[Sanjaya Malakar]] wig.<ref name="People3">{{cite web|title=The Week's Best Celeb Quotes|work=[[People (American magazine)|People]]|url=https://people.com/human-interest/the-weeks-best-celeb-quotes-18/|date=August 17, 2007|access-date=May 9, 2009|archive-date=June 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602013106/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20035205,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On his June 25, 2007, appearance, he wore a mini-wind turbine on his head to accompany a joke about his own fictional documentary titled ''An Unappealing Hunch'' (a wordplay on ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'').<ref name="StarPulse0707">{{cite web|title=Bruce Willis Wears Mini-Wind Turbine on His Head |work=Star Pulse |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/26/bruce_willis_wears_mini_wind_turbine_on_ |access-date=May 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213101135/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/26/bruce_willis_wears_mini_wind_turbine_on_ |archive-date=February 13, 2009 }}</ref> Willis also appeared in Japanese [[Subaru Legacy]] television commercials.<ref name="YouTubeBW">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/yKopOLKEWfE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130301052436/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKopOLKEWfE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=1991 Subaru Legacy Ad|date=June 6, 2007 |publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKopOLKEWfE|access-date=May 9, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tying in with this, Subaru did a limited run of Legacys, badged "Subaru Legacy Touring Bruce", in honor of Willis.

Willis has appeared in five films with [[Samuel&nbsp;L. Jackson]] (1993's National Lampoon's ''[[Loaded Weapon 1]]'', 1994's ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', 1995's ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]'', 2000's ''[[Unbreakable (film)|Unbreakable]]'', and 2019's ''[[Glass (2019 film)|Glass]]'') and both actors were slated to work together in ''[[Black Water Transit]]'', before dropping out. Willis also worked with his eldest daughter, [[Rumer Willis|Rumer]], in the 2005 film ''[[Hostage (2005 film)|Hostage]]''. In 2006, he appeared in the crime/drama film ''[[Alpha Dog]]'', opposite [[Sharon Stone]]. In 2007, he appeared in the [[Thriller film|thriller]] ''[[Perfect Stranger (film)|Perfect Stranger]]'', opposite [[Halle Berry]], and reprised his role as [[John McClane]] in ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''. Subsequently, he appeared in the films ''[[What Just Happened (2008 film)|What Just Happened]]'' (2008) and ''[[Surrogates]]'' (2009), based on the [[The Surrogates|comic book of the same name]].<ref name="VarSurro">{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Michael |author2=Tatiana Siegel |title=Films halted due to strike |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117976244.html |date=November 18, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106175100/http://www.variety.com/VR1117976244.html |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Willis was slated to play U.S. Army general [[William&nbsp;R. Peers]] in director [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''Pinkville'', a drama about the investigation of the 1968 [[My Lai massacre]].<ref name="HollyReportP">{{cite news |last=Mayberry |first=Carly |title=The Vine: Pitt targeted for 'Pinkville'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i26138003c343f1a17dd721b6e61885d2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718151605/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i26138003c343f1a17dd721b6e61885d2 |archive-date=July 18, 2008 |url-access=registration  |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=May 9, 2009 |date=November 13, 2007}}</ref> However, due to the [[2007 Writers Guild of America strike]], the film was canceled. Willis appeared on the 2008 [[Blues Traveler]] album ''[[North Hollywood Shootout (album)|North Hollywood Shootout]]'', giving a [[spoken word]] performance over an instrumental [[blues rock]] jam on the track "Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop)". In early 2009, he appeared in an advertising campaign to publicize the insurance company [[Norwich Union]]'s change of name to [[Aviva]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunkley |first=Jamie |title=Aviva lambasted for rebranding costs |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=May 9, 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/5246121/Aviva-lambasted-for-rebranding-costs.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/5246121/Aviva-lambasted-for-rebranding-costs.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live }}{{cbignore}}</ref>