Congratulations to Arnold, Sly and the rest of the Expendables cast for having the number 1 movie this weekend! TheArnoldFans, on the red carpet for the Hollywood premiere, spoke with two of these badass Expendables comrades: Terry Crews and Randy Couture! In addition to some other questions, we asked each of them… “with such a ballsy cast, did you find yourself, cussing, pumping up and smoking stogies more than ever?”
Terry Crews: "Well there wasn't a lot of smoking because we had to run! You've got to get into shape. Because the movie itself, it stays forever. It is like a time capsule. You realize that your kids and your kid's kids watch you and they judge you. You get your good and evil from that. You know what's right and wrong from these suckers. This is a world-wide event and it's nothing to be played with. It's going to be shown in the most remote areas of Africa all the way to Antarctica. So this film is your siren song. If I never did anything else again and if this might be your last one, you better be in shape! I'm with it! "
Randy Couture: "Working out harder, for sure, but no more cussing and I've never smoked a stogie. I had a chance to meet Arnold at the Arnold Classic several other times. It's amazing how articulate he is and I think all four of these guys (Arnold, Sly, Willis, Van Damme) are icons in the action genre who are so professional, who were always ready to go. Some stars show up half a day late and people wonder if we should start without them. But with these guys, they were never late. They showed up on time and ready to go. I think that sends a strong message to us, to guys who are aspiring to be like them."
Chuck Norris also addressed Schwarzenegger. He told me no Norris martial arts were performed that will make their way to the deleted scenes on the DVD and Blu-ray release so let's hope he kicks it up a notch in the sequel!
Norris: "I've known Sly, Arnold, Bruce Willis and Van Damme for over 30 years...and the chance to get to work with all four of them was a really good time and the movie was really great. And then there are the new guys like Terry Crews, Randy Couture..I had a lot of fun doing this."
Thanks guys, the movie rocks! Now please enjoy a load of other photos that TAFs took during the premiere! Celebrities to walk the carpet were Stallone, Norris, Lundgren, Van Damme, Holzfuer of ArnoCorps, Dieter, Patrick and Christopher Schwarzenegger and Conan's Ralf Moeller! In our next report, you'll hear from some of these guys and OTHER ballsy heroes and sheroes! So screw Mars and instead get ya ass to TheArnoldFans.com!