Debates continue on whether Die Hard is really a Christmas movie, and the arguments usually win it is based on the setting being Christmastime. If others can argue it’s far too violent of a movie to be considered a holiday family film, there’s no denying Bruce Willis helped make it a classic thanks to his on-screen depiction of vigilante heroism. What many movie fans have forgotten is that he took it after eight other actors rejected the part. Perhaps they thought it crazy an action movie about a high-rise building hijacked by terrorists on Christmas Eve would ever...