Quentin Tarantino has said for years that he intends to retire from filmmaking with his tenth movie, and in recent months, we’ve finally learned some details about this last theatrical offering. Back in March, it was reported that this flick will be called The Movie Critic, and two months later, Tarantino confirmed the title, as well as shared that the story will be set in 1977 and, contrary to what had originally been reported, will not involve real life movie critic Pauline Kael. Now a rumor has surfaced claiming that the filmmaker is looking to include Bruce Willis for what’s described as a “small role” in the upcoming movie.
It’s been nearly 30 years since Pulp Fiction, Tarantino and Willis’ first collaboration, was released, which was followed in 1995 by the former appearing in the latter’s segment from Four Rooms, “The Man from Hollywood.” While those two obviously continued to work on high-profile projects separately in the decades afterwards, Willis retired from acting in March 2022 due to being diagnosed with aphasia, which has since worsened to frontotemporal dementia. However, according to The Express, Tarantino is looking to have Willis cameo in The Movie Critic, although he supposedly has a backup plan ready in case this isn’t possible. According to an unnamed source who spoke to the publication:
