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Bruce Willis is going toe to toe (or should we say ankle to ankle?)

with his number one fan and PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at this all-new Broadway show.

Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf in ‘Misery’

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Lauries a genius and shell do things youve never considered possible.

And theres something just to have Bruce do Bruce, which I find thrilling to watch.

Theres only ever been one way: you break his ankles with a sledgehammer, Frears laughed.

The largest conversation was, which ankle first?

Miseryis now in previews at Broadways Broadhurst Theatre in a limited 16-week engagement.