Bruce Willis was reluctant to add humor in Die Hard 2

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

die hard 2 bruce willis

Talk about the ghost of Christmas past! In the latest issue of Empire Magazine, director Renny Harlin brought up a slight difference of opinion he and Bruce Willis had while shooting Die Hard 2. Apparently, Mr. Willis thought the dire circumstances surrounding terrorists at an airport left little room for jokey one-liners and wanted to play John McClane more serious. Here's what Harlin said:

"So Bruce had this notion from the beginning that he wanted to now play John McClane totally striaght, that this movie had to be serious. I said to him, 'That's not the John McClane the audience loves. They feel like you're their friend now, and they don't want to lose their friend.Harlin went on to say: "The outcome was that Bruce agreed to do as many takes as he wanted of the way he wanted to do it and then we'd do one take the way I wanted to do it, with humor. He did it reluctantly, and not so happily, but he did it. And in the end, every single funny moment that could be caught was cut into the movie."

I can see why Willis wanted to play the character a bit more true to life, but again, his John McClane had a nice balance of humor and seriousness in the first Die Hard, so why would he change for the next one? Regardless, the first two Die Hards are Christmas classics and the holidays are better each year because of them! What do you think? Who's right? Willis or Harlin? And what do you think of Die Hard 2: Die Harder? As good as the original, better or nowhere near as good? Let us know your yippie ki-yay mother f*cking comments below!

Source: Empire

About the Author

Logo

Looks like your ad blocker is on.

×

We rely on ads to keep creating quality content for you to enjoy for free.

Please support our site by disabling your ad blocker.

Continue Without Making Any Changes

Choose your Ad Blocker

  • Adblock Plus
  • Adblock
  • Adguard
  • Ad Remover
  • Brave
  • Ghostery
  • uBlock Origin
  • uBlock
  • UltraBlock
  • Other
  1. In the extension bar, click the AdBlock Plus icon
  2. Click the large blue toggle for this website
  3. Click refresh
  1. In the extension bar, click the AdBlock icon
  2. Under "Pause on this site" click "Always"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Adguard icon
  2. Click on the large green toggle for this website
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Ad Remover icon
  2. Click "Disable on This Website"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the orange lion icon
  2. Click the toggle on the top right, shifting from "Up" to "Down"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Ghostery icon
  2. Click the "Anti-Tracking" shield so it says "Off"
  3. Click the "Ad-Blocking" stop sign so it says "Off"
  4. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the uBlock Origin icon
  2. Click on the big, blue power button
  3. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the uBlock icon
  2. Click on the big, blue power button
  3. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the UltraBlock icon
  2. Check the "Disable UltraBlock" checkbox
  3. Marque la casilla de verificación "Desactivar UltraBlock"
  1. Please disable your Ad Blocker

If the prompt is still appearing, please disable any tools or services you are using that block internet ads (e.g. DNS Servers).