Series creator Glenn Gordon Caron’s “Moonlighting” is now available to stream for the first time through Hulu. told the New York Post And he admitted that he was able to inform series star Bruce Willis about returning to streaming the show as he continues to be diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTP). The Emmy-nominated ABC drama Moonlighting, which ran for five seasons and 67 episodes in the late 1980s, was Willis’ breakthrough as an actor. He plays a wisecracking detective who teams up with a former fashion model (Cybill Shepherd) to solve cases after she goes bankrupt and quits her detective agency, her only asset.
“know [Bruce is] He can’t tell me that, but he’s really happy that this show is going to be available to people,” Caron told the Post. “When I was able to spend time with him, we talked about it and I know he’s excited…the process [to get ‘Moonlighting’ on to Hulu] It took quite a while, and Bruce’s illness is progressive, so I was able to communicate with him about his desire to get back to playing shows in front of people before his illness stopped him from being able to talk like he does now. I did. I know it means a lot to him. ”
Caron said she has been in touch with Willis and the actor’s wife, Emma Hemming Willis, and provided updates on the actor’s health, who retired from the profession after being diagnosed with FTP.
“What we make is [his disease] that’s very surprising [that] “If you’ve ever spent any time with Bruce Willis, you won’t find anyone with a greater joie de vivre than he did,” Caron said. “He loved life, and … loved getting up every morning and trying to live life to the fullest.”
“My feeling is he knows who I am in the first minute to three minutes,” he added about visiting Willis. “He’s not completely dumb. He used to be a voracious reader, but he didn’t want anyone to know that, and now he doesn’t read books. Those languages The skills are no longer available to him, but he’s still Bruce…When you’re with him, you know he’s Bruce and you’re grateful he’s there, but the joie de vivre is lost.”
Emma Heming Willis appeared on “Today” last month to discuss Bruce’s condition and raise awareness about the disease during World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week.
“I’m learning that dementia is hard,” Emma said. “It’s hard for people who have been diagnosed. It’s hard for their families. And it’s no different for Bruce, it’s no different for me, it’s no different for our daughters. People say this is a family disease. It really is.”
When “Today” anchor Hoda Kotb asked Hemming Willis, “Does he know what’s going on?” Is that something he’s aware of? ”, she answered: It’s hard to know. ”
“There are so many beautiful things happening in our lives,” she added. “For me, it’s so important to look up from the sadness and sorrow and see what’s going on around us. Bruce really wants us to be in the joy of being.” He would really want that for me and our family.”
“Moonlighting” is available on Hulu.
