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Im good man, I can talk about myself all day!
Thats lucky for me!
SoThe Expendablesis now officially a trilogy, which I always think is a nice marker for a film franchise.
How does it feel coming back for the third one?
I was just so happy andExpendables 2was actually the first sequel I ever did.
and the world responded really well again.
I died in the first movie…
I have been hearing rumours about Van Dammes evil twin and different things.
And listen, there are no rules, you make it up anyway!
Now you have a responsibility.
We are officially Maroon 5 at this moment you know?
[laughs] Now we are big.
Now you are talking about a super group, not only a pop group.
It is a whole other animal now, its like, wow, now it is just a phenomenon.
You must have pride of place, because you were there from the beginning!
He has seen me.
[laughs] This is how we think!
Did Harrison Ford ever watch me do this?
and to find out he did and he liked it so much they now want to be in it?
That is the coolest thing.
It makes sense, and I feel the same thing with writing.
There is nowhere they can go where someone doesnt know their name.
They have one of the most recognisable brands in the world.
You dont get more famous than that.
That is your own personal action movie.
Oh no, they blew up this and spilled that!
And now the question is, what are you going to do?
You are not going to make it, you have seven seconds until this thing explodes!
Could we survive it?
What would I do?
Thats a lovely way of thinking it.
I am in my own action movie and I am up against it!
Youre living it, your own action movie man.
[Laughs] Yeah you do.
Sly, I will tell you right now, Sly is one of the funniest people on Earth.
They want me to be a badass and blow things up.
Part of being an actor is knowing your wheelhouse and knowing what you bring.
you’ve got the option to pull it off.
That meeting with Bruce, Arnold and Sly all in the church was a comedic fest.
It was joke, joke, joke one of the funniest scenes ever filmed.
In the first movie when I was shooting it up and said Remember this shit at Christmas!
He does that for all of us, he throws us these lines.
Expendables 2was the same way.
We have our own little things and were weird in our own way.
We are dysfunctional, but we love each other.
and I thought, that is so cold!
He is still crazy, but you accept it because he is family.
It is lovely to be able to show that side.
How was Patrick Hughes, too?
You see him and think he is an Expendable, it was shocking.
He is the opposite of Simon.
But he was hungry, and thats what Sly wants.
Perfection is impossible, so Patrick was that way.
Nobody has it figured out, nobody, its not that way.
Its a give and take and a bounce.
All those guys arent interested in being directed by a fan, or acting with fans.
I was a fan (of my co-stars).
However, as soon as the camera goes on, I am your conflict.
And I wasnt playing this is me versus you now, people are not interested in a love fest.
They want to see conflict even within each other.
There is nothing to watch if there is no conflict.
He really gave us a new burst of energy.
It was a character my gun had its own character!
So that must have smarted when Schwarzenegger asked for it?
[laughs]But you know what?
That is something I felt and we went with it, and I was like Really?
He is really going to take my double A?
but I love Sly, he gave me a mini gun in this one, right off an airplane.
This is the heaviest, biggest gun!
This thing is like 200lb and you are blasting people with this thing!
It was good that he knew I could handle it.
He was like Look at those arms, you got that!
I wish I could hold it!
[laughs]
They always say with sequels, things have to get bigger!
There was more we wanted to do but just couldnt.
We were praying to God that he survived.
I was like, if we lose Sly in this movie…
I dont know what to say, he took a lot of pain.
That is the Sly Stallone story!
Finally can I ask what your favourite Jason Statham film is?
Im going to ban you from sayingThe Expendables!
The film with Simon West…The Mechanic.
Terry Crews, thank you very much!
The Expendables 3is out in UK cinemas now.
