The heroic figure of Charlton Heston (an iconic and righteous Moses figure) would again be commissioned to play the lead role in this film of a Jewish nobleman (the Prince of Judea) - after the role was turned down by Burt Lancaster, Rock Hudson and Paul Newman.McClane thought to himself: "How can the same s--t happen to the same guy twice?" As he approached the Annex Skywalk, Barnes was accompanied by a SWAT team, but they were ambushed by Stuart""s mercenaries.The most impressive change was that the legendary opening shot (described below) was seen without obscuring, super-imposed credits, and the blaring, distracting Henry Mancini background music during the elaborate scene was stripped away and replaced by natural source music (from doorways of dives the couple passes, or from car radios).Peter and Miraz would duel one-on-one together "in order to prevent the abominable effusion of blood.