In an interview with PopWatch's Chris Nashawaty, Stallone discusses how his scene with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis tie into the movie.
Stallone said the superstar-summit scene takes place in a church, where Willis’ antagonist summoned the mercenary played by Stallone to finally meet face-to-face, hoping to hire him for a mission. Just as the meeting gets under way, in walks another killer-for-hire. who just so happens to be Stallone’s longtime rival:
“Bruce says ‘Well, there’s one other person I want to talk to before I hire you,” says Stallone. “And then Arnold, who plays my old rival, walks in. We have a history together. And we go back and forth and I tell him that I should have shot him a long time ago when I had the chance. Then it goes on from there. And here we are, the three of us trying to man up to one another, playing off of who we are, using our baggage in this one scene.”
“I was just looking at the dailies, saying, ‘Jesus, this is amazing!’ I talked about this scene with these guys for a long time, but I never thought it would come to fruition.”
Stallone goes on to say that the big scene with Willis, Schwarzenegger, and himself would end up as more than a cameo, or a stunt, in the final cut of the film. “It’s probably going to be about 5 minutes of screen time.”
The Expendables is slated for release August 2010. The movie pays tribute to the blockbuster action films of the 1980s and early '90s and film includes action veterans from those decades.
Information and interview courtesy of PopWatch