New behind the scenes footage from Sylvester Stallone’s star-studded “The Expendables” has been posted on the film’s official blog. Pretty cool stuff.
It contains some action sequences, including one where Steve Austin and Eric Roberts outrace an explosion, shots of Sly directing gunplay and a very low flyover from what looks like a disabled seaplane.
While the blog says Stallone has “lost 32 pounds since Rambo and currently weighs in at 180,” I don ‘t believe it.
The guy’s arms are still as big as my legs. And if you look at them closely you can see some of the faux tattoo work his character sports in the film poking out from underneath his sleeves.
The footage also gives a sense of what it would be like to work with Stallone: He seems focused, professional, and fun (expressing his pleasure with the flyover shot with the phrase, “That’s sex!”).
The video, which Sly apparently edited, also includes a little taste of what his life’s like after the day’s work has ended.
This section of the shoot took place in Rio, at a palatial home just below the famous Jesus statue.
As Sly walks back to his hotel one night, fans line the streets screaming and taking pictures from behind barricades. (They did this every evening, apparently.)
He walks through the crowd after a long day, and he’s shaking hands, posing for pictures, etc., when one young woman breaks through and mauls him with a desperate hug.
Guess that’s just what it’s like filming overseas with one of the world’s last, great action heroes.
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