According to a report, Bruce Willis confusingly asked what he was doing on a film set last year after alarming movie staffers two years ago when he accidentally fired a gun loaded with a blank.

The allegations have been detailed in a recent article by The Los Angeles Times and surfaced after the actor’s family announced that he is retiring from acting as a result of being diagnosed with aphasia.

Bruce was “just diagnosed with aphasia, which is impairing his cognitive skills,” according to his daughter Rumer on Instagram.

Rumer Willis said, “We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him.” “As Bruce always says, ‘Live it up’ and together we plan to do just that.”

The Mayo Clinic claims that aphasia typically happens “suddenly” following a stroke or head injury. A slow-growing brain tumor or other illness that results in “progressive, permanent damage” can also cause the condition to worsen gradually.

According to the report, Willis startled movie crew members two years ago when he twice misfired a prop gun on the Hard Kill set. He allegedly also questioned why he was on a movie set.

Several sources told the newspaper that the “Pulp Fiction” star, who was often paid $2 million for two days of work, struggled to remember his lines and was fed his lines through an earpiece known in the business as a “earwig.”

And that “having him on screen was getting harder and harder.”

“Everybody knew, the cast and crew. His family has stepped in, they moved in to take care of him,” the source claimed.

According to the source, a body double was reportedly employed in the majority of action sequences, notably those involving the usage of prop guns.

Willis reportedly repeatedly discharged a pistol on the incorrect cue while filming Hard Kill in Cincinnati two years ago. In the purported event, nobody was wounded.

Lala Kent, who performed the role of Willis’ daughter in the film Hard Kill, provided more evidence indicating that Willis shot his prop gun inadvertently. They were in a scene together when his character saved her life, and she alleges he shot before saying the line he was supposed to.

“Because my back was to him, I wasn’t aware of what was happening behind me,” she shared. “But the first time, it was like, ‘No big deal, let’s reset.”  She also asserts that she requested director Matt Eskandari to remind Willis that he had to finish his line before firing, but the situation kept happening. Willis “did discharge the pistol on the incorrect line,” according to a second crew member. Additionally, the crew member states, “We always made sure no one was in the line of fire while he was handling firearms,” as seen by the tragic incident on Rust, in which Alec Baldwin tragically shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after firing a prop gun.

The movie’s armorer denied that the event ever happened, and Randall Emmett, who worked on 20 Willis films and is also the co-founder of Emmett/Furla Oasis, also disputed that Willis fired a pistol before it was supposed to.

“I fully support Bruce and his family during this challenging time and admire him for his courage in battling this difficult medical condition. Bruce will always be a part of our family,” Emmett told the newspaper.

Mike Burns, the director of Out of Death, said that he instructed his scriptwriter to “abbreviate Bruce’s conversations” and “reduce Bruce’s page count by five pages”. After working with Bruce Willis on the first day of the film and seeing that 25 pages of dialogue were squeezed into one day, he also felt that there was a “larger problem at stake.”

After the film was finished, Bruns inquired about Bruce Willis’ health and was informed that he was feeling better because he was eager to begin work on their next project, Wrong Place. Burns, on the other hand, opted to stop working with Willis because he thought the actor was “worse.”

He allegedly asked a friend of Willis’s how the actor was doing before the filming and was informed that he was “much better than last year.”

Burns told the newspaper, referring to the colleague, “I accepted him at his word.”

Earlier last week, Willis’ family discussed his aphasia. It is a linguistic problem that often follows a stroke or other brain trauma and has a serious impact on a person’s ability to speak.

Part of the family statement said, “This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support.”