But Bruce Willis got to experience an action adventure first hand on Saturday as he came to the rescue of his baby Mabel Ray while on a shopping trip at the Century City mall in Los Angeles.
His wife Emma got stuck in a pram jam as she and two other women with pushchairs all vied for the lift at the same time.
Bringing up baby: Bruce Willis carried his
daughter Mabel Ray after a long day of shopping with his wife Emma
Heming at the Century City Mall in Los Angeles on Saturday
Having collected a few too many bags, Bruce elected to carry his darling daughter and place their new goodies in her stroller - a lighter weight for Emma to push as well.
But as they made their way to the lift, they found themselves surrounded.
Shielding his sweetheart: The 57-year-old placed a tight grip on his daughter as he held the lift door open
Diaper dilemma: The trio were caught in a pack of prams as they tried to enter the lift
Suddenly, the lift door opened to reveal a woman already inside, clutching her pram and bracing for the impending tight squeeze.
The group took a moment to strategise. While the endeavour may have seemed a bit trivial for his rough and tumble character in the Die Hard series, Bruce had the task to decide whether to put ladies first, or family first.
Ladies first: The task of fitting the prams into the elevator was a difficult one
Next he did the same for Emma, standing guard as his model wife, clad in a striped top and black skinny trousers, pushed her pram along.
The 34-year-old brunette looked thankful that the incident had come to an end, and soon the trio were safe inside the lift.
Can I get a go? Emma patiently waited her turn
And the 57-year-old actor said he is still not ready to hang up his vest for good.
He said: 'Not yet. I'm not retiring, I'm just older. There's still stories we can get out of this character.'
A good day to shop hard: The pair had collected some new goods and stuffed them in the pram
'You don't get an Oscar for comedy, and you don't get it for shooting people,' the Pulp Fiction actor told GQ magazine last month.
'You get it for novelty, for being fascinating to watch in some character role. But the Die Hard stuff and Dirty Harry are all fraught with the same thing that every story is fraught with.'
Family time: Bruce is back in Los Angeles
after hitting the international press junket for his latest film, A Good
Day to Die Hard