History Trivia / TheLastBoyScout

** Creator/ShaneBlack's original draft was very different than the final film. Besides having a darker tone with more violence and gore, almost the entire second half of the script was completely different. Besides many differences with the plot and characters, Black's script also included more focus on the two villains Milo and Shelly Marcone. Milo, for example, was an even nastier villain than he is in the film. In the script, besides being a hit man for Marcone, he also had a side hustle as a director of snuff films in which his men would kill kidnapped women in very violent ways. There was also a scene in the script where he brutally kills an entire family who accidentally showed up near the place where a meeting between his and Baynard's men took place. Other parts that were changed include: a big boat chase scene with Joe and Jimmy trying to escape from Milo and his men chasing them through the fog until their boat and helicopter crash into each other, a shootout and fight scene between Joe and Marcone's men in Joe's house, another shootout in Marcone's mansion in which Joe sneaks in after killing several guards, and Joe and Jimmy saving Joe's wife Sarah from being killed with a chainsaw in one of Milo's snuff films and a different final showdown between Joe and Milo which took place outside Joe' office and after he chases and tries to shoot Joe while on foot, Milo gets killed by Sarah who shoots him with Joe's gun.

* WorkingTitle: ''Die Hard''. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really.]]

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/BruceWillis didn't get on with his co-star Damon Wayans and fell out with producer Joel Silver, while director Creator/TonyScott hated working with Silver so much that his next film, ''Film/TrueRomance'' featured a Hollywood producer character who's a TakeThat to Silver. Scott said about Silver; "He’s insane, with long, horrible fits of sanity". He compared Silver to a fighter pilot riding as a passenger. "As soon as you hit a little bit of turbulence, he’s right away going to throw the guy out of the window and take over the steering".

** Joel Silver named it [[OldShame one of three worst experiences of his life]], while Creator/BruceWillis swore he will never work with Silver again.
** Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis despised each other, even though they played buddies in the film.

* NamesTheSame: Billy Blanks as Billy '''Cole'''.

* PlayingAgainstType: Taylor Negron was known for his comedic roles, so playing an AxCrazy villain like Milo was an unusual role for him.

* WagTheDirector: According to Creator/ShaneBlack, Creator/BruceWillis argued against the studio's attempts to make the film like ''Film/DieHard''. He even complained that the film was about saving his wife, which already did in that movie.

** Creator/ShaneBlack's original draft was very different than the final film. Besides having a darker tone with more violence, almost the entire second half of the script was completely different. Besides many differences with the plot and characters, Black's script also included more focus on the two villains Milo and Shelly Marcone. Milo, for example, was an even nastier villain than he is in the film. In the script, besides being a hit man for Marcone, he also had a job as director of snuff films in which his men would kill kidnapped women in very violent ways. There was also a scene in the script where he brutally kills an entire family who accidentally showed up near the place where a meeting between his and Baynard's men took place. Other parts that were changed include: a big boat chase scene with Joe and Jimmy trying to escape from Milo and his men chasing them through the fog until their boat and helicopter crash into each other, a shootout and fight scene between Joe and Marcone's men in Joe's house, another shootout in Marcone's mansion in which Joe sneaks in after killing several guards, and Joe and Jimmy saving Joe's wife Sarah from being killed with a chainsaw in one of Milo's snuff film and a different final showdown between Joe and Milo which took place outside Joe' office and after he chases and tries to shoot Joe while on foot, Milo gets killed by Sarah who shoots him with Joe's gun.

* WorkingTitle: ''Die Hard''.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/BruceWillis didn't get on with Damon Wayans and fell out with Joel Silver, while Creator/TonyScott hated working with Silver so much that his next film, ''Film/TrueRomance'' featured a Hollywood producer who's a TakeThat to Silver. Scott said about Silver; "He’s insane, with long, horrible fits of sanity". He compared Silver to a fighter pilot riding as a passenger. "As soon as you hit a little bit of turbulence, he’s right away going to throw the guy out of the window and take over the steering".

* TroubledProduction: '''EVERYBODY''' involved in the production of the film had a miserable time working with it.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/BruceWillis didn't get on with Damon Wayans and fell out with Joel Silver, while Creator/TonyScott hated working with Silver so much that his next film, ''Film/TrueRomance'' featured a Hollywood producer who's a TakeThat to Silver. Scott said about Silver; “He’s insane, with long, horrible fits of sanity.” He compared Silver to a fighter pilot riding as a passenger. “As soon as you hit a little bit of turbulence, he’s right away going to throw the guy out of the window and take over the steering.”

* RecycledScript: The conversation between Joe and Jimmy about the $650 pants was taken from a deleted scene in ''Film/LethalWeapon'', also by Creator/ShaneBlack. Murtaugh's daughter is wearing an expensive dress for a New Year's Eve party and he asks, "It doesn't have a little TV in it?" She says, "no" and Murtaugh mutters, "I am very old."

* WagTheDirector: As noted above, Creator/BruceWillis took over the production.

** Creator/ShaneBlack's original draft was very different than the final film. Besides having a darker tone with more violence, almost the entire second half of the script was completely different. Besides many differences with the plot and characters, Black's script also included more focus on the two villains Milo and Shelly Marcone. Milo, for example, was an even nastier villain than he is in the film. In the script, besides being a hit man for Marcone, he also had a job as director of snuff films in which his men would kill kidnapped women in very violent ways. There was also a scene in the script where he brutally kills an entire family who accidentally showed up near the place where a meeting between his and Baynard's men took place. Other parts that were changed include: a big boat chase scene with Joe and Jimmy trying to escape from Milo and his men chasing them through the fog until their boat and helicopter crash into each other, a shootout and fight scene between Joe and Marcone's men in Joe's house, another shootout in Marcone's mansion in which Joe sneaks in after killing several guards, and Joe and Jimmy saving Joe's wife Sarah from being killed with a chainsaw in one of Milo's snuff films.

* TroubledProduction: Although not on [[Film/ApocalypseNow this]] level, this film had a very troubled production.
** '''EVERYBODY''' involved in the production of the film had a miserable time working with it.

** Joel Silver named it [[OldShame one of three worst experiences of his life]], while Bruce Willis swore he will never work with Silver again.

** Editor Stuart Baird was hired to completely re-edit the film after the original cut of the film turned out to be an borderline unwatchable workprint release.

* WorkingTitle: ''Die Hard''.

* WagTheDirector: See above.

** Creator/JackNicholson was the first choice for the part of Joe Hallenbeck.
** Creator/MelGibson was considered for Jimmy Dix.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The opening/closing theme, "Friday Night's a Great Night for Football", is a thinly-veiled parody of the theme to Series/MondayNightFootball, and Bill Medley's appearance here is supposed to be a thinly-veiled parody of [[Music/HankWilliamsJr its singer]].

** Music/MichaelKamen and Creator/BruceWillis took over the production and made significant changes to Creator/ShaneBlack's script and made Creator/TonyScott film many scenes that he didn't like under threat of being fired from production.
*** Not even '''THAT''' made Kamen like the film.
** Producer Joel Silver named it [[OldShame one of three worst experiences of his life]], while Bruce Willis swore he will never work with Silver again.

** Creator/MichaelKamen and Creator/BruceWillis took over the production and made significant changes to Creator/ShaneBlack's script and made Creator/TonyScott film many scenes that he didn't like under threat of being fired from production.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The opening/closing theme, "Friday Night's a Great Night for Football", is a thinly-veiled parody of the theme to [[Series/MondayNightFootball]], and Bill Medley's appearance here is supposed to be a thinly-veiled parody of [[Music/HankWilliamsJr its singer]].

** Editor Stuart Baird was hired to completely re-edit the film after the original cut of the film turned out to be an borderline unwatchable workprint release.

** [Creator/MichaelKamen] and [Creator/BruceWillis] took over the production and made significant changes to [Creator/ShaneBlack]'s script and made TonyScott film many scenes that he didn't like under threat of being fired from production.

** MichaelKamen and BruceWillis took over the production and made significant changes to ShaneBlack's script and made TonyScott film many scenes that he didn't like under threat of being fired from production.