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9.06.09 # News # 17 CommentsImagine a movie made 15 years ago with Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger – pretty damn cool. Now imagine it made today when they’re all wrinkly, dried up prunes – more of a curiosity sideshow. Well it didn’t happen then but it sure as heck is happening now in Stallone’s upcoming action extravaganza The Expendables. Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger are just cameos, but other significant members of this dream team include Jason Statham, Jet Li and Mickey Rourke.
Inevitably though, with this union of the most testosterone-fuelled meatheads ever to hit the big screen, a few big names have been ruled out. Jean Claude Van-Damme has apparently refused to join the party because he won’t get the screen time he deserves, Wesley Snipes is not available as he is still serving time for failing to file tax returns and perhaps most notably of all, Steven Seagal will not be appearing either. That means no standing still during a fight chopping his arms with a constipated look on his face.
Now it emerges that Seagal’s absence is down to a beef between him and the film’s producer Avi Lerner. The pair fell out over some straight to dvd movies he made recently and Seagal doesn’t want to do anything that would put money in the producer’s pocket. What a shame. Who’s going to bring environmental concerns to the story? Who’s going to wear an all-black combo with leather jacket in the heat of the South American jungle? …Nobody it seems.
Source: MovieHole
Soooo sad.
I’m more disappointed in Van Damme. The nonce.
if snipes van damme and seagal did play in the movie my god that would have been the best movie ever all the action stars together still cant believe it
I didn’t no that any of these people ever turned down a project. image a film that even Seagal and snipes won’t do.
But it is strangely sad. I love Seagal’s brand of inactive action. I suppose this means they’ll go for Dolph lungdren and couple of former wrestlers. Dammit it coulda had class, it coulda been a contender.
Addition of seagal & van dam would have been incredibly good. But alas. But i agree had the movie been made even 10 years ago, it would have had a lot more weight. Now that most of the cast have grown old and lost their lusture.
Hey, dolph lundgren is all class. Love him.
stephen segal is awesome jet li is an abomination an evil ninja dwarf, and jason statham is a wannabe,and is also useless. Its a shame they dont have anymore people like jcvd and arnie should have a bigger part im amazed they didnt put an idiot like russel brand or justin lee collins in this film
its a sh*tty movie without seagal period.
Just saw the movie and it awesome even without them.
there is nothing like segal. None of the others interest me especially not the UFC , WWE or stratham. Segal would have been the reason to see the movie. In expendable’s 2 I would cast SS as the nemesis.
why would you want fatso seagal in it anyway?????????
jcvd should have been in it though
Van Damm is just getting to old, and Seagal is to fat. I thought a martial artist was thin, from all the working out. And i always wondered why, Seagal always keeps his arms crossed, is there a reason. I like Steven’s movies but he needs to lose some weight. Van Damm, so so.
“That means no standing still during a fight chopping his arms with a constipated look on his face”
Holly sh*t…I’m wiping tears of laughter as I type this…
what the hell ?
Ya’ll are forgetting Chuck Norris !
Blasphemous I say.
He could do a cameo sitting on his Total Gym.
Having Steven segal would have been great.
At least he is a REAL martial Artist.
who cares if the “buttocks from brussels”
is in it. I think having Segal adds credibility
adding Van damn does not.
who cares about van damm
get segal to add credibility and
have a REAL martial artist in the
movie. Van dam is a faux action hero
Steven segal is the real thing
How about Steven Segal and Jackie Chan
Even Liam Neeson would be better than
Van dam.
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