7 Things New To Netflix This Week (Mar 28)

7. Die Hard

It's been a couple of months now since Alan Rickman passed away, so what better time to relive arguably his finest performance than with a re-watch of this 80s classic?

This'll be the proper swear-fest that John McTiernan intended you to see, not the watered-down version for television that obliterates the famous "Yippee ki yay" catchphrase with something like "Maggot farmer."

At the time, people questioned whether Bruce Willis could make the leap from comedy drama show Moonlighting, to an all-action blockbuster... And he nearly didn't get the chance. The role of John McClane was first offered to Frank Sinatra who turned it down due the fact he was in his 70s. Arnie wasn't interested and reportedly neither was Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone and Miami Vice star Don Johnson.

Bruce Willis would go on to get the part, make himself with the blockbuster franchise and spawn a thousand lazy fancy dress outfits. Look out for Die Hard - it explodes on to Netflix on April 1st.