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,
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." 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].”
