Willis 'threatened to quit Red over cuts'

Bruce Willis reportedly threatened to leave upcoming movie Red if producers cut scenes of Helen Mirren with a gun.

The Die Hard star said that he immediately told staff on the action movie, also starring Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, that he would leave if they removed the "sexy" scenes.

Willis told Fox News: "I said if that scene is not in the film I want them to take every shot of me out of the movie. But it's in. It's so... it's just sexy. Who knew?

"I think Helen would've been doing action films a while ago - with that .50 calibre machine gun in a ball gown. Wow!"

Malkovich also approved of the image, saying: "What more could you want than Helen Mirren with a firearm? One can pass over to the other side and be happy."