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I don't know how long before Commando was released in October 1985 it was that the protagonist was not an ex- special forces soldier but an ex- Israeli Mossad agent and played not by Arnold Schwarzenegger but Gene Simmons, but, that, indeed, was how it was. Yes, that Gene Simmons. I've read that the idea may have even come from Gene Simmons, but at some point he passed on it. Some version of the script was offered to Nick Nolte and eventually it went to Arnold Schwarzenegger. I've written before about how what was supposed to be adapted into Commando 2 instead turned into Die Hard , so it should be no surprise how many changes a movie goes through when it's being developed. Just like life, going through unexpected changes... Kidding. One deliberately personal entry at a time is just fine. Still, it is interesting to think about what might have been if the basic plot here--ex- whatever has to return to the violence when his daughter is kidnapped--had been...