
'Cleaner' director gets candid on eco-terrorism, and what he makes of those 'Die Hard' comparisons
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The director of "Cleaner," Martin Campbell, talks about eco-terrorism being the focus of his new movie and comparisons made to Bruce Willis classic "Die Hard."
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Ridley plays an ex-soldier turned window cleaner who is suspended 50 stories up when the radicals commandeer the building. But while the comparisons to "Die Hard" abound, director Martin Campbell said that the 1988 thriller didn't really cross his mind at all. Fox News Digital's Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
"To be honest, I didn't take any inspiration from ‘Die Hard,’ which, by the way, I loved," Campbell, who also directed the 2006 James Bond movie "Casino Royale," told Fox News Digital. "You know, you're bound to get the comparison because it's a skyscraper and it's one person against the bad guys, if you see what I mean. So, of course, there's going to be comparisons."