Alan Rickman Almost Turned Down Die Hard But One Thing About The Script Changed His Mind [View all]

But it seems it wasn't just the encouragement of his management that pushed Rickman to accept the role of Gruber. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the actor was impressed by "Die Hard's" script, which he said was actually surprisingly progressive for the time:

"Not to get a sledgehammer out to it, but every single black character in that film is positive and highly intelligent. So, 28 years ago, that's actually quite revolutionary and quietly so."

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