Trivia / The Hard Way

• Creative Differences: Director of photography Robert Primes was fired halfway through filming by director John Badham and replaced with Donald McAlpine. Badham thought Primes was working too slowly. He had similar complaints during the filming of Bird on a Wire, their previous, and first, movie together.
• Starring a Star as a Star: Comedy actor Michael J. Fox plays famous action movie star Nick Lang.
• What Could Have Been: The studio originally wanted Kevin Kline and Gene Hackman to star. Neither were available at the time. Ted Danson and Jack Nicholson were also considered for Lieutenant John Moss.

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