Die Hard role.The actor – who died in 2016 – played iconic villain Hans Gruber in the first film of the franchise, starring opposite Bruce Willis.Despite playing one of the most legendary characters in film, and one of our ultimate favourites, it turns out fans didn’t quite react in the best way to his 1988 role.In fact, they would spit in his face when they encountered him in the streets.Yes, seriously.Chatting to the New York Times, close friend Alex Winter opened up on his time with the actor, relating to his own time in the Bill & Ted franchise.When asked if he was worried about making a sequel to the film, and be associated with the roles ‘forever’, he said: ‘I mean, it could be worse.
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