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Original scripts; alternate ending; rejected action projects; FBI questions; digitally altered sign
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- The script was reportedly acquired for a fourth Lethal Weapon film before Fox bought it and turned it into this sequel. — Bill Simmons
- An alternate ending has McClane find Simon in Hungary, play McClane Says and kill him with a rocket launcher; the studio reportedly rejected its vigilante darkness and financed a replacement. — Bill Simmons
- Willis rejected a cruise-ship sequel script as too close to Under Siege; it was reportedly repurposed as Speed 2. — Bill Simmons
- Reported Die Hard-style projects include Sandblast in a sandstorm, No Safe Haven on Martha’s Vineyard and Track Down in the Channel Tunnel. — Chris Ryan
- Suspension was set on the George Washington Bridge, Platform and Rig on oil rigs, and High Roller in Las Vegas. — Chris Ryan
- Other reported projects included In Contempt in a courthouse, He Who Dares at the British embassy, L4 at a disease-control facility and several hurricane scenarios. — Chris Ryan
- Jonathan Hensleigh was reportedly questioned by the FBI because the gold-reserve details seemed unusually accurate; he attributed his research to the New York Times. — Bill Simmons
- Willis’s sign was reportedly blank during filming and its offensive wording added digitally. — Bill Simmons