Fans of Die Hard, the 1988 film, are using social media to comment on a huge mistake in the classic movie starring Bruce Willis.
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More than 30 years after its production, fans revisit the film at this time of year to watch Willis face off against terrorists who invade a Los Angeles skyscraper on Christmas Eve.
Over time, small production errors have been pointed out by viewers, but recently, a Reddit user highlighted a detail that had gone unnoticed even by the film’s most devoted fans.
The moment is tied to an important and tense scene between John McCane, played by Willis, and Karl, the character portrayed by Alexander Godunov. The two fight intensely until McCane manages to wrap a metal chain around Karl’s neck and strangle him, leaving him for dead.
The problem is that right afterward, Karl’s character can be seen in the background; the last time we see him in the fight, he is tied up and hanging by chains against a wall, but in the next scene, when McCane picks up the gun he dropped and reloads it, Karl is standing on the stairs in the background.
As the online user described: “I watched Die Hard for the first time tonight. You can see Karl in the background after John strangled him with the chains. I presume he strangled the stunt double. Great Christmas movie, by the way!”
In the comments, fans joked about the discovery: “That’s his ghost, he’s going to haunt the tower forever now,” one person wrote.
“That’s not Karl. That’s the ghost of a construction worker who died in the building,” another joked.
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