The Expendables 2: Interesting Facts About Movie

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The Expendables 2: Interesting Facts About Movie

The Expendables(franchise)

The Expendables is an American ensemble action thriller franchise spanning a film series, written by Sylvester Stallone, based upon characters created by David Callaham, and additional media. The film stars an ensemble cast notably of Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham, produced by Basil Iwanyk and Guymon Casady. The film series, an acknowledgement to former blockbuster action films made in the 1980s and 1990s, also pays homage to action stars of former decades, and the more recent stars in action. The series consists of four films: The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), The Expendables 3 (2014), the upcoming The Expendables 4 (2023), and an ongoing comic book series: The Expendables Go to Hell (2021). Though criticism with regards to plot and dialogue between characters has been expressed, critics praised the use of comic relief in between action. All films have been box office successes.

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It was planned that Jackie Chan should have appeared in the film, but he refused to participate as he was busy due to his directorial project ” Chinese Zodiac “.
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All the scenes with Arnold Schwarzenegger were filmed in five days, a week before the start of filming of the film “The Last Stand”.
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Sylvester Stallone wrote the script and played a role in this film, in the previous one he was an actor, co-writer of the script, producer and director.
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The film mentions that Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) has a degree in chemical engineering. This is an allusion to Lundgren himself, who has a master’s degree in chemical engineering.

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Taylor Lautner was considered for the role of Billy Timmons, which eventually went to Liam Hemsworth.
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Tennis player Novak Djokovic starred for free in a cameo role in the scene of a shootout at the airport. However, the scene with his participation, in which he attacks the terrorists with his racket, was cut out.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a villain named Vilain. This name in English (Vilain) is only one letter different from the word “villain” (villain).
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Gina Carano was considered for the role of Maggie.

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Sylvester Stallone asked Chuck Norris to mention some of the facts about Chuck Norris (a popular Internet meme) in the script. Norris ‘ wife, Gina, offered him a fact about a cobra. (“Chuck Norris was bitten by a cobra, and after five days of excruciating pain… the cobra died”).

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