We have Cybil Shephard to thank for the role

The first couple of times that Bruce Willis was asked to star in a movie, he had to decline due to his commitments to ‘Moonlighting.’ Then co-star Cybil Shephard got pregnant, and since that wouldn’t work within the show as part of the story, or do some clever trickery, they gave everyone 11 weeks off, which allowed Willis to say yes to Die Hard.

Never thought I’d appreciate a uterus so much.