Working with Willis 'soul-crushing', says director

Kevin Smith has said that working with Bruce Willis on ‘Cop Out’ was “f*****g soul-crushing”.

The director – who created the 2010 police action movie with Willis as lead character Jimmy Monroe – confesses the experience was not an enjoyable one as the actor continued to be difficult on set and adds he had “no help” from him “whatsoever”.

He said: “It was difficult. I’ve never been involved in a situation like that where, one component is not in the box at all. It was f*****g soul crushing.

“I mean, a lot of people are gonna be like: ‘Oh, you’re just trying to blame the movie on him.’ No, but I had no f*****g help from this dude whatsoever.”

The 40-year-old filmmaker – who has previously hinted Willis was difficult on the set - reveals he even had trouble getting the 'Die Hard' star to promote the film by posing for the poster shoot.

He told stand-up comedian Marc Maron’s podcast: “One guy wouldn’t even sit for a f*****g poster shoot. Everyone knows who it is. Put it this way, remember the really funny guy in the movie? It ain’t him. He’s a f*****g dream.”

‘Cop Out’ made $55m (€41m) worldwide on its release, having cost $30m (€22.3m) to make.