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Sylvester Stallone - Film
By Rych McCain, International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
Sylvester Stallone
Keeps The Expendables
Momentum Revved Up!
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| Sylvester Stallone |
He is the first actor/writer/producer in
Hollywood history to create and have three highly successful film franchises
i.e., “Rocky,” “Rambo” and now “The Expendables.” When this fact is brought up,
Sylvester Stallone somewhat shirks it off as just another day at the office.
The man lends credibility to the notion that the bigger one is; the less
importance they put on themselves. Stallone’s latest installment “The Expendables 3” on one hand is more of
the same from the last two films but on the other hand it brings a fresh
facelift with a new set of younger crew members that mix in with the original
vets. This adds a whole new dynamic that the fans of the franchise will
appreciate while drawing first time younger converts into the fold.
When asked about the longevity of the
franchise Stallone jokes, “After the 5th Expendables you start
wearing Dependables. You just keep going.”
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| Mel Gibson |
In this installment, Mel Gibson
plays the master bad guy Conrad Stonebanks who is an international arms dealer
among other illicit activities. Stonebanks and Barney Ross (Stallone) were the
two who originally formed The Expendables but they split and Ross though he had
killed Stonebanks when he crossed over to the other side a decade earlier. A
showdown fight scene finally comes to a head. How much fun was it to film that
scene? Stallone explains, “It was good. You know it varies in situations in
actual sports where you have rivalries get together; two people that have
actually done very well in their own world. Then you say I wonder how they
would do against each other. So when that finally happens it becomes an event.
And yes a contact is made and you do get hurt. Its freezing there (filmed in
Bulgaria) the water and you say oh my God I’m not going to do it again but you
have to do it again. So I’ve been
looking forward to it. Mel is a great athlete. He’s very fast, very strong and
it was great being punched by him.”
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| L-R Harrison Ford and Sly Stallone |
Bruce Willis had played “Church” in the
first two films so what happen with this installment where he was not in it and
his character was killed off? Stallone says, “Things didn’t work out then
Harrison Ford came along. That happens in films and casting. That’s just the
way it is; nothing personal. It sounds like it got personal and I’m sorry it
did sound that way but it was just actors talking and things move on. I think
Bruce Willis is a great guy and he does fantastically entertaining films. When
he nails it, he nails it big time.”
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| Barney (Stallone) leads squad on reconnaissance |
In day and time where there is so much gun
violence happening how does Stallone defend making this kind of film? He gives
an overview, “First of all there is no blood and ours is so over the top that
it isn’t something that you would expect people to repeat. It’s a very
sensitive thing and I really don’t know what the answer is. We just try to make
it so it looks as though it’s a fantasy. It isn’t real. Some times I think when
you make a movie, some movies can get so real then you say hum I can do that.
There are not a lot of people that can do what the Expendables can do.”
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