Bruce Willis escapes injury after escalator malfunction
New York: Hollywood star Bruce Willis barely escaped injury when the escalator he was riding on suddenly sped out of control. Willis and his publicist Paul Bloch were at MoMA for Sunday
night's Cinema Society screening of 'Red when, according to a source, the escalator
sped and a scared woman happened to jump on Willis. "The escalator taking guests
down to the theater accelerated to near-carnival-ride speed. Women started screaming
and one did a high-flying jump off, nearly landing on Bruce," the New York Post
quoted the source as saying. The 'Sixth Sense' star immediately checked that the
woman was OK and appeared puzzled when the escalator then abruptly stopped. "We
had to jump, it was going so fast," said Bloch. Willis was joined at the screening
and the OC Concept-sponsored after-party at The Lambs Club by co-stars Helen Mirren,
Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker and Ernest Borgnine, 93, who
said Hollywood shouldn't be so obsessed with youth. "You don't need a young cast
to make a great movie," said Borgnine.
