What's it like working with Bruce Willis? 'Soul crushing' according to movie director Kevin Smith

Hollywood director Kevin Smith has launched a blistering attack on actor Bruce Willis - saying he is 'soul crushing' to work with.
The outspoken film-maker, who directed Willis in the widely guess handbags  panned action-comedy Cop Out, claimed the actor's refusal to help promote the movie contributed to its weak ticket sales.
Smith was recently a guest on the popular WTF with Marc Maron podcast where he let rip about the 55-year-old Thespian.
'It was difficult. I’ve never been involved in a situation like that where one component is not in the box at all. It was f*****g soul crushing,' Smith said.
He also revealed Willis was a pain on-set and he refused to sit for promotional photos for the movie's poster.
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'I had no f*****g help from this dude whatsoever', Smith he added.
Willis and Smith both grew up in
fashion trends 2011  New Jersey and the director says he was a long-time fan until he got to know the real Bruce Willis.
Show host Marc Maron joked to Smith at least he'll never has to tell his late father that their movie idol is really no hero.
'Honestly, you were given the gift of not having to tell your dad that Bruce Willis was a d***', Maron said.
Smith chimed in: 'I wish he could’ve just communicated it to me from the afterlife.'
The movie co-starred 30 Rock actor Tracy Morgan, who Smith says was totally professional.
'He’s a f*****g dream.  Tracy Morgan, I would lay down in traffic for.  Were it not for Tracy, I might’ve killed myself or someone else in the making of that movie.'
Cop Out was released last February and it received scathing reviews.
It cost about $30 million dollars to make, and grossed just $44million dollars in North America, despite having an A-list star in the lead and a popular director behind the camera.
Smith, who's known for his hot temper shot back at critics for panning the film and threatened to charge reviewers at press screenings of his future films.
Smith broke into Hollywood in 1994 with the cult classic Clerks. 
He also directed Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Cop Out is the top grossing power balance movie made by Smith to date.
The WTF with Marc Maron podcast is available on I-tunes and the Kevin Smith interview will air later this week.