When Bruce Willis was hired for Die Hard he was paid $5 million. At the time this amount paid to an actor for a film stunned Hollywood and made headlines. Only a handful of actors at the time could command such a high salary. It was especially shocking that Willis was an unproven box office draw, had never done an action film before, had no hit films behind him and was most known for his telelvision role on Moonlighting. Wilis balanced his work on Moonlighting and going to the set of Die Hard. H