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That Time a 73 Year Old Frank Sinatra was Offered the Leading Role in Die Hard (2018x76)
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This 1940s singer might not be the man who comes to mind when you think about the action-packed Die Hard movies. At the start of his movie-making career, Sinatra was cast mostly in singing roles, though he did manage to break away from being a “singer employed as an actor” and made a name for himself as an actor alone, winning a few Academy Awards and Golden Globes for his performances. That said, many people these days can’t shake that image of young Sinatra crooning into a microphone—not exactly something you’d imagine the character of John McClane doing.
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Sources:
http://www.biography.com/people/frank-sinatra-9484810?page=1
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi765265433
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-roderick-thorp-1095072.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/book-behind-die-hard-packs-punch-article-1.1265319
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard
http://articles.latimes.