A “Die Hard” scene in which Bruce Willis is shot through the air was scheduled early in the shoot so that if something went wrong — which it nearly did — producers would have time to re…
When the screenplay to “Die Hard” hit Hollywood’s agents and A-listers circuit, the world’s top actors couldn’t dismiss it quickly enough.
Due to the film’s sarcastic humor and McClane starting the film as more of a loser than a hero, a slew of Hollywood’s A-list actors passed on the role, including Clint Eastwood — who didn’t get the character’s sense of humor — and Richard Gere, a Buddhist who was seeking more spiritual roles. Burt Reynolds chose to shoot the television special “A Beverly Hills Christmas” with Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball instead.
Even the director of “Die Hard,” John McTiernan, was initially hesitant to believe that Willis could nail the part of John McClane after hearing nothing but negativity about Willis’ acting in “Blind Date.” “Die Hard” Producers scheduled a high-octane action scene at the beginning of filming in case anything happened to Willis and they needed time to recast the role.This resulted in a heated meeting between the film’s co-producer Larry Gordon and Fox chairman Barry Diller. “Are you out of your f–king mind?” Diller exclaimed to Gordon, upon hearing the proposed sum.
While TV viewers loved Willis playing a sarcastic part in “Moonlighting,” with Cybill Shepherd, his humor didn’t initially go over well with a “Die Hard” test audience.When Willis was cast, McClane was retooled into more of a blue-collar wiseass based on Willis’ own background as a truck driver, a security guard at a nuclear power plant and a New York City bartender renowned for a secret-ingredient signature cocktail called “Honey I’m Home.
“When I landed, everyone came running over to me and I thought they were going to say, ‘Great job! Attaboy!’” Willis later recalled. “And what they were doing is seeing if I’m alive because I almost missed the bag.” He began joking around more with the cast, showcasing his wisecracking “Moonlighting” persona. As McClane crawled through a tight ventilation shaft, his line, “Now I know what a TV dinner feels like” was made up on the spot by the actor.
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