Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino surprised and amused podcaster Joe Rogan when he shared an anecdote about working with actor Bruce Willis in the 1990s.Tarantino recently made an appearance on the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, alongside fellow filmmaker Roger Avary, with whom he worked on the classic 1994 movie Pulp Fiction, starring Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman, among others.Their time on the movie set became a talking point when Rogan and his guests discussed various wildfires that have swept through Southern California over the years, including the devastating blaze that affected much of Malibu in 1993.”That actually happened while we were shooting Pulp Fiction,” Tarantino shared of the sprawling blaze, prompting Rogan to respond with a surprised, “Really?”
“We actually set up a TV on the set, because Bruce Willis was going to maybe lose his house… So we had a little TV area so in between takes, we [could] watch what’s going on with the fire.”Speaking of the way it was reported on at the time, Tarantino said: “There were all these reports that Bruce Willis and his family are on top of the house with their water hose. I go, ‘No, he’s not—he’s right here!'”The comment sparked laughter from the men in the studio, in a lighthearted break amid the heavy discussion of their various experiences with California’s wildfires.Following the Malibu fire in 1993, the Los Angeles Times reported that actors Sean Penn and Ali McGraw were among those whose homes were destroyed. Per the publication, Willis and then-wife Demi Moore’s property emerged from the fire “virtually unscathed,” despite reports that they had lost “half” their house.Willis and Moore, who share three children, announced their separation in 1998, and their divorce was finalized in 2000. Moore has supported Willis and his current wife Emma Heming in recent years after the Armageddon star was diagnosed with aphasia—a form of dementia that affects one’s ability to communicate.
From left: Joe Rogan is pictured on August 18, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts; Bruce Willis is seen inset on January 15, 2019 in New York City; Quentin Tarantino is pictured on May 27, 2023 in…
From left: Joe Rogan is pictured on August 18, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts; Bruce Willis is seen inset on January 15, 2019 in New York City; Quentin Tarantino is pictured on May 27, 2023 in Cannes, France. Tarantino has recalled working with Bruce Willis on the movie Pulp Fiction back in 1993.
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Elsewhere on The Joe Rogan Experience, the titular host, who now lives in Texas, spoke about his personal experiences with California’s wildfires.”I was evacuated three times when I lived there,” former Fear Factor host Rogan told Tarantino and Avary. “I used to live in Bell Canyon, and… it was rough.””I’ve been really lucky,” Tarantino chimed in. “I’m almost afraid to say it, because I’ve been living in the Hollywood Hills [and] any of the fire stuff happens, it never happened around me.””I literally am kind of at the top of the hill on a bunch of rock,” the Kill Bill director added. “If it turns into an inferno, I’m still f*****.”Rogan then shared: “When I was filming Fear Factor, I talked to this guy [from] the fire department. He said, ‘It’s just going to be a matter of time. There’s going to be one day where a fire hits L.A. and the wind is the right way, and we’re not going to be able to stop it. It’s just going to burn right through to the ocean… It’s just a matter time—we all know it.”Beowulf director Avary surmised that increased construction around the glitzy enclave of Malibu has exacerbated matters over the years.”I grew up in California, and so when I was young, fires would burn through Malibu constantly,” he recalled. “But now they put all those houses there, where there never were houses.”Calling the fires a “natural process,” he said: “When you put all that kindling in there, suddenly we end up with these, like, super storms of fire, where everything’s just going crazy. I think it’s over-development, which is the cause of these insane kind of fires that we’re getting.””Yeah, but it’s a cool place to live,” Rogan quipped. “You’re not going to stop people from developing in Malibu. You know, it’s just too nice. You just take your chances, roll your dice.””You take your chances and you roll your dice no matter where you live,” Avary responded.
