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At the age of 7. 3, he smartly turned it down. BRUCE WILLISS BIG SCREEN DEBUT WAS WITH FRANK SINATRA. In 1. 98. 0, Willis made his film debut albeit uncredited in the crime thriller The First Deadly Sin. He has no name and if you blink youll miss him, but the role simply required that Willis entered a diner as Sinatras character left it. Maybe it was kismet CLINT EASTWOOD PLANNED TO TAKE A STAB AT THE PART. Originally, it was Clint Eastwood who owned the movie rights to Nothing Lasts Forever, which he had planned to star in in the early 1. That obviously never happened. IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE A SEQUEL TO COMMANDO. This is one of the most popular internet stories about Die Hard. Pac Man Game Over Sound' title='Pac Man Game Over Sound' />Looking for a great spot for a party or event Vintage Arcade Superstore has a showroom of over 50 arcade games and pinball machines right in Glendale that you can. Although Iwatani was the creative force behind PacMan, bringing the game to life fell to a team of four staff, including programmer Shigeo Funaki and sound designer. Pac Man Game Over Sound' title='Pac Man Game Over Sound' />But according to Stephen de Souza, the screenwriter of both Die Hard and Commando, while there was a sequel to Commando planned, the only similarity with Die Hard is that they both took place in buildings. According to de Souza, Escape Plan is the closest to his original Commando 2 idea and Die Hard was never supposed to be anything but Die Hard. BRUCE WILLIS WASNT EVEN THE STUDIOS THIRD CHOICE FOR THE ROLE. If Die Hard was to be a success, the studio knew they needed a bona fide action star in the part, so they set about offering it to a seemingly never ending list of A listers of the time. Rumor has it that Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro, Charles Bronson, Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Don Johnson, Burt Reynolds, and Richard Dean Anderson yes, Mac. Gyver were all considered for the role of John Mc. Clane. And all declined it. BRUCE WILLIS WAS CONSIDERED A COMEDIC ACTOR AT THE TIME. Die Hards producers had nothing against Bruce Willis, of course. He just wasnt an immediate choice for the role because, up until that point, he was known solely as a comedic actor, not an action star. Following the success of the film, the action genre really became Williss bread and butter, and although he has two Emmys for his comedy work, it has remained as such to this day. BRUCE WILLIS WAS BARELY EVEN SEEN ON THE MOVIES POSTERS. Because the studios marketing gurus were unconvinced that audiences would pay to see an action movie starring the funny guy from Moonlighting, the original batch of posters for the film centered on Nakatomi Plaza instead of Williss mug. As the film gained steam, the marketing materials were altered, and Willis was more prominent in the promos. WILLIS WAS PAID 5 MILLION TO MAKE THE MOVIE. Even with all the uncertainly surrounding whether he could pull the film off, Willis was paid 5 million to make Die Hard, which was considered a rather hefty sum at the timea figure reserved for only the top tier of Hollywood talents. WILLIS SUGGESTED THAT BONNIE BEDELIA PLAY HIS WIFE. Though we suspect that she wasnt paid 5 million for the gig. BRUCE WILLIS WAS ABLE TO SAY YES THANKS TO A WELL TIMED PREGNANCY. The first few times Bruce Willis was asked to star in the movie, he had to say no because of his commitments to Moonlighting. Then costar Cybill Shepard announced that she was pregnant. Because her pregnancy wouldnt work within the show, producer Glenn Caron gave everyone 1. Willis to say yes. SAM NEILL WAS ORIGINALLY APPROACHED FOR THE PART OF HANS GRUBER. But Neill ended up turning the film down. Then, in the spring of 1. Alan Rickman playing the dastardly Valmont in a stage production of Dangerous Liaisons and knew they had found their Hans. DIE HARD WAS ALAN RICKMANS FEATURE FILM DEBUT. Though Rickman may have played the part of Hans as cool as the other side of the pillow, it was actually his first role in a feature film. JOHN MCTIERNAN TURNED THE MOVIE DOWN, TOO. And not just once, but on a few different occasions. His reason was that the material just seemed too dark and cynical for him. The original screenplay was a grim terrorist movie, Mc. Tiernan told. Empire magazine in 2. On my second week working on it, I said, Guys, theres no part of terrorism thats fun. Robbers are fun bad guys. Lets make this a date movie. And they had the courage to do it. MCTIERNAN SEES IT AS A SHAKESPEAREAN TALE. In the original script, the action in Die Hard takes place over a three day span, but Mc. Tiernaninspired by Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dreaminsisted that it be condensed into a single evening. NAKATOMI PLAZA IS ACTUALLY FOX PLAZA. Yes, the corporate headquarters of 2. Century Foxthe very studio making the movieproved to be the perfect location for the movies much needed Nakatomi Plaza. And as it was still under construction, there wasnt a whole lot they needed to do to the space to make it movie ready. The studio charged itself rent to use its own space. THE ROOM WHERE THE HOSTAGES ARE BEING HELD IS LITERALLY SUPPOSED TO BE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTS FALLINGWATER. In this period, Japanese corporations were buying America, production designer Jackson De Govia said in the Die Hard DVD audio commentary. We posited that. Nakatami Corporation bought Fallingwater, disassembled it, and reassembled it in the atrium, like a trophy. THAT PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITY BELOW ITS NOT REAL. A 3. And it was a state of the art one, too, with animated lights, moving traffic, and the ability to change from night to day. The painting is still the property of the studio and has been used in other productions since. THE FILMS SUCCESS SPAWNED A BONA FIDE FRANCHISE. In addition to its four sequels, Die Hard has spawned video games and comic books, too. JOHN MCCLANES TUMBLE DOWN A VENTILATION SHAFT WAS AN ACCIDENT. Or maybe error would be a better word. But in the scene in which Mc. Clane jumps into an elevator shaft, his stunt man was supposed to grab onto the first vent. But he missed. By a lot. Which made the footage even more exciting to watch, so editor Frank J. Urioste kept it in the final cut. ALAN RICKMANS DEATH SCENE WAS ALSO PRETTY SCARY. At least it was for Rickman. In order to make it look as if he was falling off a building, Rickman was supposed to drop 2. But in order to get a genuinely terrified reaction out of him, they dropped him on the count of twonot three, as was planned. BRUCE WILLIS SUFFERED PERMANENT HEARING LOSS. In order to get the hyper realism that director John Mc. Tiernan was looking for, the blanks used in the guns in the movie were modified to be extra loud.