Bruce Willis Guest Starred For Free After Losing a Bet
6. 布鲁斯·威利斯与马修打赌输掉之后友情客串《老友记》
Bruce Willis ended up on Friends because he lost a bet
布鲁斯·威利斯因打赌输了而出演《老友记》
In season 6, Bruce Willis guest starred in a few episodes as the father of Ross’s girlfriend (and former student), Elizabeth. Willis’s character, Paul Stevens, and Ross had a testy relationship due to the fact that he disapproved of the age difference between Ross and Elizabeth. Paul went on to have a brief relationship with Rachel, and during that time, Ross is able to garner somewhat of a truce with Paul. In Willis’s most memorable episode, “The One Where Paul’s The Man”, Ross and Elizabeth attempt to hide their relationship from Paul and escape for a weekend at Elizabeth’s grandmother’s cottage, not knowing that Paul and Rachel are arriving that same weekend. While hiding under a bed from Paul, Ross catches Paul giving himself a pep talk about Rachel in a hilarious sequence where he starts singing to himself, flexing, and calling himself “the man” and a “love machine”. When Paul catches wind that Ross was privy to this, he no longer makes threat against Ross’s and Elizabeth’s relationship.
在第六季里，布鲁斯·威利斯作为罗斯（Ross）女友伊丽莎白（Elizabeth，罗斯之前的学生)的父亲，客串出演了几集。威利斯饰演的保罗·斯蒂文斯（Paul Stevens）在剧里因为介意罗斯和伊丽莎白之间的年龄差距问题，而和罗斯关系紧张。保罗和瑞秋也有过短暂的交往，在他们交往期间，罗斯和他的关系有所缓解。在威利斯出演的那几集里，最让人印象深刻的一集是“保罗的故事” （The One Where Paul’s The Man）。在那一集里，罗斯和伊丽莎白瞒着保罗偷偷交往，并跑到伊丽莎白奶奶的小木屋共度周末，却不知保罗和瑞秋也约在了那儿。当时罗斯为了躲保罗，藏在床底，却无意看到一个很滑稽的画面：保罗因为担心面对瑞秋不自信而对着镜子给自己打气、摩拳擦掌、称自己为“男子汉”和“爱情机器”。当保罗发现罗斯看到这幅场景之后，他不再反对罗斯和伊丽莎白在一起了。

Willis was certainly a memorable guest star, but what many people don’t know is that Willis wasn’t paid a dime for his stint due to losing a bet with Matthew Perry, who starred alongside Willis in The Whole Nine Yards. The story goes that Perry bet Willis that the film would debut at number one in the box office, and Willis disagreed. Lo and behold, the film hit number one and for losing the bet Willis agreed to appear on Friends and donate his would-be paycheck to charity.
威利斯的确是个让人印象深刻的客串演员，但很多人有所不知的是威利斯因为和马修·佩里（Matthew Perry）打赌输了而友情出演老友记。这个赌局的来历是这样的，马修·佩里和威利斯在《杀手不眨眼》（The Whole Nine Yards）这部电影里一起担任主角，佩里和威利斯打赌这部电影上映之后票房排名绝对会得第一，而威利斯却不相信。没想到电影刚上映票房果真排第一，威利斯愿赌服输客串《老友记》，并把他客串的片酬捐给慈善机构。