With an unrated version of Expendables 3 coming to Blu-ray and DVD, Sylvester Stallone has admitted that giving the third film in the franchise PG-13 content was a bad idea.
During an interview with Crave Online , Stallone was asked if any of the franchise’s possible future entries will be given an R-rating. Stallone said they would, and it was a mistake to give the third film a PG-13 in the first place.
“Absolutely, unequivocally yes. I believe it was a horrible miscalculation on everyone’s part in trying to reach a wider audience, but in doing such, diminish the violence that the audience expects. I’m quite certain it won’t happen again.”
Sylvester Stallone also admitted that an R-rating might make it more of a challenge to bring back a character originally thought to be dead.
“This is a big conflict for me because, in an R-rated film, it is difficult to believe that none of the heroes die. I personally just believe that the characters become identifiable and their demise could put a dark cloud over an audience exiting the theatre after seeing the film. But that may change in Expendables 4. “
In related news, it looks like the supposed feud between Sylvester Stallone and his Expendables co-star, Bruce Willis, has come to an end. According to E! Online , Stallone tweeted the following in 2013, when he announced that Willis would not be in the third film.
WILLIS OUT… HARRISON FORD IN!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) August 6, 2013
GREEDY AND LAZY…… A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) August 6, 2013
But a tweet from last week seems to indicate that Stallone and Willis have rekindled their friendship.
Made up with BRUCE W. A stand up guy, my mistake….
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) November 18, 2014
One of the actors Stallone is looking to recruit for the next entry in the action franchise is Jackie Chan. During an interview with Den of Geek , Chan said that if he does appear in the fourth film , he wants it to be done a certain way.
“Sly wants me for Expendables 4. I said, ‘Okay.’ Because they already asked me to be in two and three, but I refused. Well, I didn’t refuse, but I said, ‘Sly, can’t we just do you and me? Not just a bunch of people and me only coming out for five minutes.’ Because then the audience is, ‘Oh!’ And then I’m gone. So, if I’m in Expendables 4, I want it to be me and him — then it might be interesting.”
As previously reported by the Inquisitr , Sylvester Stallone will soon begin production on Expendables 4 and Rambo V . But according to his mother, Jackie Stallone, the project he’s doing in between those two will be a movie about his life and his acting career.
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