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McClane was portrayed in all five films by actor Bruce Willis, and he is known for his sardonic one-liners, including the famous catchphrase in every Die Hard film: "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker". Per the franchise's name, he confounds repeated attempts to kill him, driving his enemies to distraction, by adding up and exploiting dumb luck.
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John McClane : [John is fighting Karl] You should have heard your brother squeal when I broke his fucking neck! John McClane : [stealing Tony's shoes] Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister.
John McClane, Sr. (born May 23,1955) is an Irish-American detective lieutenant with the New York City Police Department and the protagonist of the Die Hard film series. He is portrayed by Bruce Willis .
- Frank Sinatra. Die Hard was loosely adapted from the novel Nothing Lasts Forever, which was written as a sequel to the novel The Detective. The Detective was previously adapted into a movie starring Frank Sinatra.
- Clint Eastwood. Your typical Clint Eastwood character – Harry Callahan, William Munny, Walt Kowalski, the Man with No Name etc. – is a lot more grizzled and cynical than John McClane.
- Mel Gibson. Action classics Die Hard and Lethal Weapon went into development at around the same time. The lead role in the latter, Martin Riggs, was originally offered to Bruce Willis, who turned it down.
- Burt Reynolds. From Smokey and the Bandit to The Cannonball Run to Sharky’s Machine, Burt Reynolds has starred in some of the most unabashedly fun action movies ever made.
Jul 20, 1988 · Die Hard: Directed by John McTiernan. With Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason. A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
All five films revolve around the main character of John McClane (Joe Leland in the original novel), a police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of a crisis where he is both the only hope against disaster and the culprit's first target. [3]
