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Frank Sinatra was offered the part of John McClane in ‘Die Hard’
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nme.comDie Hard.The beloved singer, who was 70 years old at the time, was offered the part because the film’s producers were contractually obliged to as Sinatra had starred in The Detective.The film is based on Roderick Thorp’s 1966 novel of the same name.
The sequel book to The Detective is Nothing Lasts Forever, which Die Hard is based on.The name of the character in The Detective was changed and Die Hard was not a direct sequel to Thorp’s first book, but Sinatra still had to be considered as it was a loose adaptation of the sequel novel.Frank Sinatra turned the role down, and it was subsequently offered to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, James Caan, Richard Gere and more before Bruce Willis was.
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