Yippie-ki-yay: Appreciating Bruce Willis as he retires from the movies

'Die Hard' established Bruce Willis as an action star. Photos: Handout

He came to us fully formed, a man.

There were no weird childhood moments or awkward teenage years with Bruce Willis. By the time he was introduced to us on TV’s Moonlighting, he was already 30 years old, with a quarter-to-six o’clock shadow on his face and a mischievous glimmer in his eye, and a look like he’d been out having too much fun the night before.