20 Things You Somehow Missed In Die Hard
14. Don't Flinch So Much!
Another of Alan Rickman's difficulties in portraying the hardened criminal, Hans Gruber came when he had to fire a gun.
Even though he was firing blanks, Rickman could not break out of his habit of blinking and flinching whenever he had to fire a gun. It became a problem and director, John McTiernan resolved that there was only one solution: keep filming and rescue the end product in the editing suite.
This was precisely what happened and eagle-eyed viewers will notice that, whenever Hans Gruber fires a gun, the action cuts away from an action close-up on his face either to a long shot or, preferably, to avoid showing his face at all.
The fact that he was Alan Rickman no doubt saved him from being recast in the role!