There are reports going around lately that because Sylvester Stallone has won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the “Rocky” spinoff movie “Creed” and is currently nominated for an Oscars in the same category, the 69-year-old veteran action star is putting less priority on the production of “The Expendables 4.”
According to reports, Sly might even consider not including his Barney Ross character in the fourth installment of the action ensemble franchise because he wants to focus on the filming of “Creed 2.”
However, action movie critics believe that those are baseless rumors because they know that even Sylvester Stallone is aware that if his character is not in the movie, The Expendables as a band of mercenaries shall no longer be complete.
The last three films saw Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross, backstopped by Jason Statham as Lee Christmas, as the obvious leaders of The Expendables. While there are plenty of big-name action stars in the film franchise, it is obvious that Sly calls the shots and that is likely to remain in “The Expendables 4,” note the critics.
“The Expendables” movie franchise is Stallone’s baby and he took the effort to bring other action stars onboard as the series continued and that is why it has become a great action franchise that it is now.
Despite the not-so-good performance of “The Expendables 3” in the box-office when it hit theaters in 2014, the main reason for it is that a pirated version of the film came out before it officially hit theaters thus causing a negative impact on the movie’s ticket sales.
According to a source close to the “Rambo” actor, at his age, Sylvester Stallone has done it all as an actor and action star so he just wants to make movies that people could remember him by. An award or two are just bonuses because for him, the important thing now is to be able to make people enjoy his movies. And he can do that better by being in the film and not out of it, the source adds.
What started the rumors
The rumors about Stallone no longer assuming the role of Barney Ross in “The Expendables 4” came as an offshoot of the recent interview of Terry Crews, who plays the role of Hale Caesar in the action film franchise.
Crews was quoted as saying that Stallone might or might no longer include himself in “The Expendables 4” because he is busy working on “Creed 2.” Even “Creed 2” is not yet confirmed as of this time.
The action star who is also good at comedy says that he considers Stallone as his dad so whatever the veteran action star says he needs to do, he will do it. So if Sly says he is out, then he does not see himself doing it at all, details KpopStarz.
The former football player also said that Stallone has plenty of options at the moment after winning a Golden Globe award early this year and being nominated in the same category in the upcoming Academy Awards.
Crews also said that Stallone was really amazing in “Creed” because the movie showed his depth in acting and he says that Sly is a lot deeper than people always give him credit for, notes Youth Health Mag.
Award has no bearing on Sly’s decision
The fourth movie of the action ensemble “The Expendables” franchise is scheduled to hit theaters next year and filming would likely start around the second quarter of this year.
Stallone considers “The Expendables” as one of his favorite projects so it is unlikely for him to take a backseat or have his role in the series taken over by someone else regardless of whether he gets an Oscars or not.