Bruce Willis Ready To ‘Die Hard’ Again

When Access Hollywood’s Tony Potts caught up with Bruce and quizzed him about some heavier than normal Los Angeles traffic on the way to LAX Airport, Willis playfully dodged full responsibility and elaborated on the cause of the gridlock. ?Apparently the [film’s] second unit – the unit I don?t work with – was allegedly gonna be working on the 105. For all you people who drive on the 105, we?ve sent everyone home. So you can now just sit in the regular traffic.?

Directing the high tech update of the franchise is Len Wiseman, who brought us the action/horror one-two punch of “Underworld” and it’s sequel “Underworld: Evolution”.

Timothy Olyphant, who is joining the elite club of “Die Hard” villains alongside Alan Rickman (”Die Hard”) and Jeremy Irons (”Die Hard With A Vengeance”), offers only a brief tease about the film’s plot. ?There?s this cyber terrorism thing going on, and you know Bruce Willis: ‘big international movie star, ‘old school tough guy.’ “ As for his enthusiasm about being a part of this film: “By the way, I’m excited too,” he notes sarcastically. Olyphant’s character leads a group of techno terrorists who plan on shutting down the country through the country?s computer infrastructure.

But Olyphant is fairly realistic on the odds of his character?s ultimate success with his digital age plot once the old-fashioned John McClane gets involved. ?I have a feeling he?s gonna take me out. That?s the way it goes,” he predicts. “But good times in between,? he laughs.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (?Bobby,? ?Final Destination 3?) joins the cast playing Willis’ daughter. She is happy to report so far at this early stage of shooting that things haven’t yet been all bumps and bruises. ?I?m not too roughed up yet. We?ve done more kinda just fighting with Bruce. We have kinda have a strained relationship so it?s been more of the relationship stuff.?

Though since this is a ?Die Hard? movie, it?s probably safe to assume things for the younger McClane will escalate past a few war of words with dad.

Bruce is the first to admit things have changed somewhat since the first “Die Hard” hit screens back in 1988. “It was a little easier twenty years ago,” he says. Joking about the road to finding him on the set all these years later, Bruce offers this: ?Just look for the blood. Follow the blood trail. And at the end you?ll see me on my knees crying.?

“Live Free or Die Hard” is set to be in theatres in time for July Fourth Weekend 2007.