Bruce Willis says he truly believes that everything in life happens exactly the way it is meant to be. 

The actor, whose performances have always contained a deep and layered understanding of his characters and the times they live in, is seen as Paul Kersey in Death Wish, which was released worldwide recently.

He saw Kersey as a man who laid down and followed his own preordained path. "Approaching this film, I thought it's clear that this character was on the path he was supposed to be on. To be a doctor, as Paul Kersey is, you have to want to help people. And then, though it came from a tragedy after his family is attacked, Kersey gets to where he is because he's supposed to be there -- one way or the other. And all of that was there in the script," says the actor.

A remake of the 1974 action thriller of the same name, Death Wish is directed by Eli Roth. It tells the story of Kersey, a father, who when his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted, becomes a vigilante killer nicknamed The Grim Reaper.