Action "The Expendables-3": actors, roles, short story

In 2014, Sylvester Stallone's film "The Expendables-3" appeared on the screens. Actors involved in this project, once were the most popular star of militants. On what occasion did Stallone collect them in one project this time?

"The Expendables-3": actors. Stallone as Barney Ross

For the first time, the idea to collect all the stars of Hollywood militants in the frame came to Stallone in the head in the 2000s. By 2009, the first script, written by Sylvester, was ready, and soon the shooting of an action movie called "The Expendables" began. The project became so popular that it subsequently turned into a profitable multi-series franchise.

In the film "The Expendables-3" the actors again return us to the week-days of the special detachment The Expendables, consisting exclusively of "cool" guys. Their commander Barney Ross in the performance of Stallone this time faces a threat emanating from his old enemy - Conrad Stonebanks. Once Conrad was a member of the team "The Expendables", but then turned into a "curved" path and was killed by Barney Ross. It turned out that Barney had not completed his work: Konrad again appears on the horizon and threatens to destroy the entire Ross team.

Sylvester Stallone, who is the inspiration for this project, made a very good career on the militants in Hollywood. This despite the fact that the actor began with filming in pornographic films.

For a long time, Sylvester Stallone suffered total career failures: until the age of thirty he had played only in low-budget films, and even secondary roles. Coming to a thirty-year milestone, Stallone decided to write his own script and finally beat himself a worthy role in the project. He did it all: the Sicilian actor turned into a boxer Rocky and became famous all over the world.

Jason Statham as Lee Christias

The story of Jason Statham is a bit like Stallone's story. In his youth, he was seriously interested in sports. But the career of the sportsman did not work out, but the unusual appearance of the guy was noticed by advertising agents and offered to advertise men's jeans. In his spare time, Statham had to work on the street as a merchant.

This colorful person first noticed the director Guy Ritchie, removing Statham in his action movie "Cards, money, two trunks." Jason was so interesting in the shot that in the next project Richie he already got the lead role. So, step by step, an ordinary street vendor turned almost to the highest-paid star of the militants.

In the movie "The Expendables-3" actors Stallone and Statham play team-mates: Lee Christmas is part of the team of Barney Ross. He is a martial arts expert and a master of cold steel possession. By the way, there is some truth in this, since Statham has been engaged in ju-jitsu since his youth and even coached Guy Ritchie.

Banderas in the role of Galgo

Sylvester Stallone in the third part of the "Expendables" invited another undeniable screen star - Antonio Banderas, offering him the role of Galgo.

Antonio Banderas began his career with melodramas: he starred in the "Labyrinth of Passion", "Matador", "The Law of Desire."

In Hollywood, a passionate Spaniard broke through only in the 90's, playing in the drama "Philadelphia" and the mystical film "Interview with a Vampire." The first insurgent in the career of Banderas is Richard Donner's "Assassins". On the set of this film Banderas first met Stallone. Then there were pictures "Never talk to strangers", "Desperate", "The Thirteenth Warrior" and many other projects that proved that the artist perfectly copes with the roles of gangsters and "cool" guys.

Of the recent works of Antonio can be noted the film "Insurer", the drama "Knight of Cups" with Christian Bale and the drama "33", dedicated to an emergency that occurred in one of the Chilean mines.

Other performers of roles

The "Expendables" were always full of famous names. In the third part, Dolph Lundgren, who in the previous films played the master-demoman Gunars Jensen, returned to the screens again. Dolph Lundgren is also known for the films "Rocky-4" and "Universal Soldier".

Master of martial arts Jet Li is also a regular participant of the project "The Expendables". Previously, the actor starred in such films as "Red Dragon" and "Kiss of the Dragon."

In the third part of the franchise, a lot of young actors are involved, they are just starting to act in action: in the frame there are from time to time Wesley Snipes ("Blade"), Randy Couture ("The Scorpion King 2"), Terry Creus ("Terminator: ") And Kellan Lutz (" Twilight ").

The main invited stars of the project are Mel Gibson ("Mad Max") and Harrison Ford ("Indiana Jones").

Also on the screens you can see Kelsey Grammer ("X-Men: The Last Battle") and Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Terminator").