- 'Die Hard' is a famous film
- It stars Bruce Willis
- Many consider it a Christmas Movie
The Netflix series The Movies That Made Us premiered on the streaming platform in 2019. It deals with iconic movies and reveals some interesting facts about each and every one. Let's look at some interesting facts about the 1988 classic Die Hard which starred Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman.
Frank Sinatra was offered the role of "John McClane"
Since the script of Die Hard was originally commissioned as a sequel to the 1968 thriller The Detective that starred Frank Sinatra, producer Joel Silver was legally bound to offer the role to the member of the Rat Pack.
Sinatra passed. Other Hollywood big shots like Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Gere, James Caan, and Sylvester Stallone also passed on the role of "John McClane".
Die Hard: One particular stunt was actually the real thing
The scene in which "John McClane" (Bruce Willis) slips down the elevator shaft in the Nakatomi Tower ended up in the movie although it actually features footage of a stuntman who accidentally lost his grip.
"Quiet on set, please!"
All scenes in and outside of Nakatomi Tower were filmed at Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, the headquarters of 20th Century Fox. During production, Fox Plaza remained a functional office building which meant that the crew had to be really quiet inside the building until 5 p.m. so they wouldn't disturb the lawyers on the 25th floor.
"Hans Gruber's" death: Alan Rickman was really scared
For his character "Hans Gruber's" final scene, in which he falls to his death, Alan Rickman had a very fearful look on his face. It turns out that that look was not only good acting but actual fear. The stunt coordinator told Rickman that he would give him a 3, 2, 1 countdown before pushing him off a 40-foot piece of scaffolding onto a prepared airbag, but ended up pushing the actor on "3".
Where did the ambulance come from?
A little slip-up was discovered in an early screening of the film that had to do with the ambulance one of the terrorists uses to flee from Nakatomi Tower. It was supposed to be hidden inside the truck that "Gruber" and his crew arrived in, but in the scene where they exit the truck, the ambulance is nowhere to be seen. Surprisingly, director John McTiernan chose to ignore the mistake.
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Quiz
At what event does the kidnapping take place in 'Die Hard'?
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