Amanda Peet on The Whole Nine Yards: A Nostalgic Look

0:00It's March 29th, welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Amanda Pete is looking back with real fondness on her breakout role in the 2000 film, The Whole Nine Yards. At 54, she remembers Bruce Willis, now 71, picking her out of nowhere to play the dental assistant dreaming of being a hit woman. She was grinding on law and order guest spots back then, while 20 other actresses lined up for final callbacks. The moving, directed by Jonathan Lynn, paired Matthew Perry as the straight lace dentist with Willis as his wild contract killer neighbor. They shared the screen with Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clark Duncan, and Natasha Hinstridge in this crime comedy that put Pete on the map. Pete got tight with Perry, calling herself super close to him before he passed on October 28th, 2023, also at 54. Meanwhile, Willis stepped away from acting in 2022 after an aphasia diagnosis that advanced to frontal temporal dementia.

1:01She laughed about being dead serious on set, treating it like high art while the crew partied in the lobby and cracked open drinks. Pete was young, memorizing lines like her life depended on it. These days, that whole experience hits different for her pure good vibes looking back.