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Updated March 25, 2009

How Bruce Willis Hand-Picked His New Model Wife

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NYPost.com

LOS ANGELESLet's just say Bruce Willis is very hands on when it comes to casting his movies, as well as his leading ladies

Bruce Willis, 54, and his new wife, Emma Heming, 30, didn't meet through friends, as his pals have insisted in fact, the superstar actor hand-picked her as a perfect stranger.

An impeccable source tells the New York Post's Page Six gossip column: "During the casting of 'Perfect Stranger' [the suspense movie Willis made with Halle Berry two years ago], Bruce was very involved with the casting. In fact, you could say he was extremely involved no matter how minor the role."

At Willis' request, calls were placed to modeling agencies to fill the roles of extras and minor speaking parts.

PHOTOS: More pics of Bruce's second wife, Emma Heming.

Our casting source said, "He personally went through head shots and when the girls were called in to 'read,' he was there in the meeting. It was odd for the star of a movie to do so, but at the time he was single and I guess he needed a date."

The casting sessions/blind dates went well enough. "He started dating [model] Tamara Feldman, with whom he coincidentally enough had a sex scene," our insider said.

Then, Heming was selected for a small speaking part. Willis "started dating both Tamara and Emma but obviously, Emma eventually won out," the source said.

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