Extended/alternate dialogue in McClane/Powell conversation after McClane uses the plastic explosives. Though this answer provides a few poster images and mentions Willis' initial troubles with being taken as a serious actor, it neither confirms or denies there having been a poster without Willis on it. Naturally, once the movie was a smash hit and Willis was liked by the audience, a new poster was hastily released that featured his likeness.

Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Although we know Hans is capable of vile acts, he actually sees those as merely means to a greater and somehow justifiable end. It could also be that non-Bruce-Willis posters were sent out to newspapers by mistake and this was later retconned as producers being afraid of putting up his face. If someone has access to microfilm archives of that newspaper, they should be able to track down the original 2-page ad.As you can see the Nakatomi building is as important, showing the action which people might not assume from a picture of Willis.

Special praise must go out to Alan Rickman too whose performance as chief baddie Hans is to this day one of cinemas finest, moving convincingly from cool, calm and collected to desperate and nervous, never once seeming anything less than utterly ruthless and calculating. There is a comment on a forum mentioning this poster: "When it was released in 1988, the Houston Chronicle Newspaper had a full 2 page print AD for it . There is an episode of the docu-series The Movies That Made Us (a spin-off of The Toys That Made Us) that is about the making of "Die Hard". The film follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) who is caught in a Los Angeles skyscraper during a Christmas Eve heist led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) at Nakatomi Plaza. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.It's not that he was excluded, but given he was only seen as the comedic character David Addison in Moonlighting the studio was possibly nervous about featuring Willis. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience.

By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Complete with a serialized certificate of authenticity and verifiable numbered hologram, this piece is a secure investment that will increase in value with age. Willis, most famous at the time for the comic TV Series 'Moonlighting', made a perfect ordinary-man-in-an-extraordinary-situation action hero. Regarded as one of the great 80's action movies, and the favourite Christmas movie of a surprising number of people. The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences.In the end though, Hans is a pure sociopath that even the audience is conned into sympathizing with. At the end, McClane says "You got a warranty for this (Holly's watch, a gift from Nakatomi Corporation)?