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Die Hard was almost a sequel to Commando

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Because Bruce Willis crawling through air vents was originally supposed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger ripping off car doors. When Arnold politely declined to return for the sequel, producers retooled the script, tossed a cynical New York cop into Nakatomi Plaza, and accidentally invented the modern action thriller.

Die Hard was almost a sequel to Commando
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