Novel That Inspired 'Die Hard' Returns to Print After 20 Years
Roderick Thorp's "Nothing Lasts Forever" was adapted into the
iconic franchise's first film.
Die Hard has returned, and not just to movie theaters. The book
that inspired the original film is back in print after 20
years.Late author Roderick Thorp's Nothing Lasts Forever is being
released in trade paperback and ebook by Graymalkin Media to mark
the 25th anniversary of its original publication.
The book was adapted into 1988's Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis
brought New York cop John McClane to life, he was an idea scrawled
in Thorp's notebook. (The cop is named Joe Leland in the
novel.)
The ebook includes copies of Thorp's notes, the first time they
have been published. He wrote them while living in Laurel Canyon,
his house overlooking a high-rise building on the Wilshire
Corridor. (That building became the inspiration for the one taken
over by terrorists in the book.)
"Just as there are no flashbacks, there are no shifts in point of
view. Everything is told -- discovered -- from Leland's interior,"
Thorp wrote in his treatment for the novel.
Before Willis ultimately took the role, a number of other stars
turned it down. The first to pass was Frank Sinatra, who played Joe
Leland in The Detective (1968), based on Thorp's novel of the same
name. Other stars who declined to play the now iconic role included
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Richard
Gere, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson.
"Die Hard very closely follows the book, so reading Nothing Lasts
Forever gives fans the chance to enjoy the thrill of the Die Hard
story in more detail, experience the scenes that didn't make it
into the film, and discover the novel's shocking ending," said
Graymalkin Media Owner and CEO David Zindel.
The Hollywood Reporter, 2/23/2013 by Aaron Couch
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