HypersomniacLive: Read the news earlier today, RIP.
PainOfSalvation: [...] Trivia: Turned down roles of James Bond, Han Solo (1977) and John McClane in Die Hard (1988).
HypersomniacLive: The first two for the better, imo (can't picture him as James Bond or Han Solo), but I think he'd have made a decent John McClane.
Oh boy, he sure was picky. Probably didn't expect them to turn out so successful.
While those movies are fine just the way they are, I think he could have pulled off all of those roles. That's the thing about good actors -- They often manage to surprise you, given the opportunity. In example, before "Breaking Bad" I had only seen Bryan Cranston in Comedy roles.