According to
The Playlist, Nicolas Cage and John Travolta might be confirmed in
The Expendables 2.
John Travolta have been circling the film, and Stallone confirms that he’s in the mix, although he sounds less than confident of actually landing him, thanks to scheduling issues.
It’s possible. The one thing I’ve learned is what is a fact on Monday is a complete fallacy on Tuesday. A lot of it is scheduling. It’s not financial. It’s just that Bulgaria is definitely a jaunt. It’s a commitment, you know what I mean? Especially in the dead of winter.
Who is even More possible to be on it is Nicolas Cage, who Stallone says that he thinks is locked in, possibly thanks to the intervention of West, who directed Nicolas Cage in
Con Air.
But Stallone isn’t just limiting the new additions to A-listers like Cage:
I like using people that had a moment and then maybe have fallen on some hard times and give them another shot. So we’re always looking for actors like Michael Biehn and Michael Pare. I like those kinds of guys. Someone did it for me and I like to see if I can do it for them.
Stallone also suggested that we may be seeing some more youthful faces:
We also need some new blood in there, a Navy Seal-type, because with the Expendables none of them have 20-20 vision anymore. They need some help, man.
Updated: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris have been confirmed too.
Sylvester Stallone confirms that the long-rumored casting of Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme is also true.
We’ll have a big showdown between me and Van Damme, which has been anticipated for a long time, so it should be a good one.
Stallone told the outlet
With an already confirmed cast that includes Stallone himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Jason Statham,
The Expendables 2 will start filming in Bulgaria at the end of this month, and it is coming into theaters on August 17, 2012!