Director plans Nazi ‘Die Hard’ flick in Scotland

By Rory Reynolds

THE infamous attempt by Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess to meet with Scottish aristocrats over the future of the Second World War is to be the inspiration for a new Hollywood blockbuster.

Hess, Hitler’s right hand man, parachuted out of his Messerschmitt fighter over Lanarkshire in 1941, with the intention of meeting the Duke of Hamilton.

The Egyptian-born Nazi is rumoured to have aimed to persuade the Royal Family to side with Germany – unknown to the Fuhrer.

However, Hess broke his ankle when he landed in a field near to the village of Eaglesham and was promptly seized by a pitchfork-wielding farm hard.

But now Dog Soldiers director Neil Marshall has vowed to bring the tale to life, with an added fictional twist.