I remember when the posters first came out for
The Expendables
boasting names like Stallone, Statham, Li, Lundgren, Couture, Austin,
Crews, Rourke, Willis. It seemed a dizzying dream to have an action
movie so overstuffed with unapologetically burly and badass stars. And
the resulting movie was as insane as it was enjoyable. Then came news of
Expendables 2 and promises of even more macho matinee idols
(Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris) being added to
the cast. Now, with this supped up testosterone fest set to hit theaters
Friday, the franchise's producer Avi Lerner shared who he has in mind
for cast expansion in what's still only a theoretical
The Expendables 3.
Speaking with Total Film, Lerner was quick to namedrop about the third entry, telling the agog reporter,
" We’ve approached Clint Eastwood to be one of the guys, we’ve got a
character in mind for him. We’re talking to Harrison Ford. [And we want]
Wesley Snipes when he comes back from prison. I’ll give you one more
name, we’ve got Nicolas Cage to play [one of the characters].”
It seems that Cage would sign on to
The Expendables 3,
as he could use the paychecks and would likely be amped to face-off
against/chew the scenery with so many of their action hero peers.
