Alan Rickman raged ‘what the hell is this?!’ as he rejected legendary movie in script fury
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Eventually, after thinking about Die Hard some more, and speaking with his agent, he came around to the idea. Ultimately, it came down to how groundbreaking Die Hard’s script was at the time.
“Every single Black character in that film is positive and highly intelligent,” he reminisced about the progressive 1988 movie.
“So, 28 years ago, that’s quite revolutionary. And quietly so.”
Rickman did have a lot of changes he wanted to make to his character, Hans Gruber, however.
He noted that Hans should have looked completely different to his henchman. Instead of wearing overalls, he should wear a suit to make him stand out.
He also wanted to include a scene where Bruce Willis’ character John McClane found Hans pretending to be a hostage.