Die Hard/Trivia: Difference between revisions

** Richard Dean Anderson, [[Alec Baldwin]], Tom Berenger, [[Charles Bronson]], [[Robert De Niro]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Harrison Ford]], [[Richard Gere]], [[Mel Gibson]], [[Michael Keaton]], Christopher Lambert, Stephen Lang, [[Michael Madsen]], [[Liam Neeson]], Nick Nolte, [[Al Pacino]], Bill Paxton, [[Burt Reynolds]], Mickey Rourke, [[Kurt Russell]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Patrick Swayze]] and [[John Travolta]] could have been John McClane.

** In the original script, as in the original novel, the action took place over three days, but John McTiernan was inspired to have it take place over a single night by ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.

** Glenn Close, Sally Field, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and [[Meryl Streep]] were each considered for Holly McClane. But... [[Bruce Willis]] rejected them because he wanted Bonnie Bedelia to play her since he was a fan of her work.

** The original script called for terrorists to hijack the building, and for a super-hero cop to stop them. McTiernan modified the script to change the bad guys into robbers pretending to be terrorists so that the audience could enjoy their intention of grabbing a load of money. He felt having terrorists as the villains would make the movie less enjoyable and give it a political angle, which he wanted to avoid. McTiernan also changed the hero John McClane into an everyday, flawed man that rises to the occasion in dire circumstances. He felt the audience would identify more with him than with a "super-cop".