Action "The Last Boy Scout": actors and roles

The topic of the article is one of the most popular militants of the last decade of the last century - The Last Boy Scout. The actor, who played the main role, is ranked among the highest paid Hollywood stars.

Plot

The heroes of the film are fighters against organized crime, although not law enforcement officers. They live in one of the cities of the State of California. The film takes place in the early nineties.

Joe Hellenbeck is that very last boy scout. The actor who played it, embodied on the screen the image of a man who is inflexible in relations with his superiors, and therefore working for himself. Joe drinks, thereby creating a reputation as a loser. He used to be the bodyguard of the US president himself and once even saved Carter life. Now he makes a living by a private investigation. Joe is straightforward, fair, and lost his post in the civil service because he beat up an official who, in fact, had to be put behind bars.

The main events begin after Joe meets in the bedroom of his blessed Mike - the best friend and business partner. Soon the friend perishes at strange circumstances. Shortly before his death, Mike telephoned Joe on the phone an order that was directly related to his death. And then the protagonist gets to know a former athlete named Jimmy Dix - another character in the movie "The Last Boy Scout." The actor, as well as the performer of the main role, is described in more detail below.

This story certainly has a happy ending. Joe and Jimmy come into conflict with the representatives of the powerful mafia. The forces are unequal, but the characters of the film, of course, win. Who played in the action movie The Last Boy Scout?

Actors

The main role was played by Bruce Willis. Former athlete played Damon Wayans. Chelsea Field played the role of the wife of the "last Boy Scout". The film also featured Daniel Harris, Taylor Negron, Noble Willingham, and Halle Berry, an actress known for roles in the films Queen, Die, But Not Now, Cat Woman. Daniel Harris played the daughter of the protagonist. This actress - the owner of the title "queen of screaming", she got it for the role in the sensational horror films.

Bruce Willis

Star "Hard Nut" popularity was not easy. Willis for several years played on the stage of a little-known theater. The movie was shot in episodes until he was invited to a detective series for the role of David Addison. This character is remembered by everyone who watched at least one series of the Agency "Moonlight".

In the early days of his career, the actor was known more as a comedian. But ten years before the release of the movie "The Last Boy Scout," Bruce Willis played a role that made him a real star. It's about the militant "Die Hard".

Subsequently, the actor repeatedly returned to the image of a slightly romantic hero-loner. This role he was true in the films "Mercury in Danger", "The Fifth Element", as well as the sequels of "Die Hard".

However, in the career of Bruce Willis, not only the ups and downs occurred. In the early nineties, the actor starred in unsuccessful films. Of course, the role in the movie "The Last Boy Scout" is not his best film work. He created a memorable image in the "Pulp Fiction". In the cult film Tarantino Willis played a secondary role, but it was she who allowed the actor to win back the lost ground.

Damon Wayans

The childhood of this actor was not easy. The family was not wealthy, Damon had to quit school. He earned, speaking in various clubs.

In 1984, the actor played his first role in cinema. The debut was very successful. The following years, Wayans played in several films, including the thriller "Triple Treachery" and the series "Another World". A significant role in his career has a role in the film, which is discussed in this article. Other films with the participation of Damon Wayans: "Big white deception", "Look", "My wife and children", "Farce of penguins".