NY Post: The Expendables - Most Manliest Movie Ever Made + Austin Profile

Source: NYPost.com

We don’t want to say action movies are getting wimpier, but when 12-year-old Jaden Smith is the biggest action star of the summer, you know something’s gone wrong. Now, along comes 64-year-old Sylvester Stallone to kick it old-school. He’s going full-on 1980s with “The Expendables,” out Aug. 13, a simple throwback tale of revenge about a team of mercenaries hired to take down a vicious South American dictator. The biceps are big, the guns bigger, the explosions frequent and the leading men’s faces mostly like hamburger. Expect theaters to be hosed down nightly from the stink of testosterone.

Joining Stallone on his mission are Brit baldie Jason Statham, martial artist Jet Li, “Rocky IV” baddie Dolph Lungren, Ultimate Fighting Championship king Randy Couture, and ex-NFLer and star of TBS’s “Are We There Yet?” Terry Crews. Not to mention former boxer Mickey Rourke, slimy bad guy Eric Roberts and cameos from Mr. Die Hard and the Governator (see sidebar).

“I don’t feel comfortable in something that’s highly futuristic or technical,” Stallone tells The Post. “I understand it, but I’m not as comfortable as in doing ‘First Blood’ or ‘Cliffhanger.’ I thought, ‘That hasn’t been around for a while. ‘I’d like to bring it back.’”

Stallone, who wrote and directed “The Expendables,” says that, besides ’80s movies, his new film is meant to recall guy team-up flicks like “The Dirty Dozen.”

Grab a protein shake and meet the members of the team.

STEVE AUSTIN
Plays: henchman Paine
Height and weight: 6-foot-1, 250 pounds
Favorite action movie: “I’d have to go with the first ‘Rocky.’ I saw that, got up the next morning, drank my eggs and was running down the street like an idiot.”
Toughest Expendable: “The guys are all tough, but if you’re going to sit there and talk about a physical fight, I don’t think anyone will give you any argument that Randy Couture is that guy.”
Last time you were in a real fight: “I damn near got into a couple fights in the ring. When a guy snubs you a bit too hard, we call that a ‘potato.’ Depending on how good-natured you are, that dictates how many potatoes you want to take. When you’ve had enough, you send back what’s called a ‘receipt.’ Then it goes accordingly. Usually when you get a potato and send back a receipt, things settle down pretty fast.”
Toughest stunt: “My fight with Stallone. Being in a physical place with that guy and nothing but a brick and concrete floor with sand on it, and getting cut up and grinded. It was like rolling around on sandpaper. And on top of that, not wanting to throw the wrong punch and hit that guy, because that’s your star. It’s a moment of stress fighting with a guy like Sly, because I don’t care if you’re Steve Austin or not, you throw the wrong punch, you’re probably going to be gone.”
Favorite onscreen kill: “I don’t even know. That’s a shame that I have to think about that. That only inspires me in my next endeavor to kill someone in such an extravagant fashion that we’ll have something to talk about next time."

"The Expendables" is out in theaters nationwide on August 13. For other release dates, click here.

BleacherReport.com: Steve Austin/Dusty Rhodes Connection + Poll

Source & Viewer's POLL: BleacherReport.com

“Stunning” Steve Austin was a talented tag team wrestler in WCW who was decent on the mic and pretty good in the ring.

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin was the toughest man in the WWE who could talk a streak and destroy everyone who entered the ring with him.

The difference, of course, was the gimmick.

In this business, gimmicks make or break a wrestler.

It doesn’t matter how good of a worker a guy is, or even how respected he is by his peers, if his gimmick does not go over with the crowd, then he’s not going anywhere.

For me, a good example of this was Dean Malenko —a great worker, but no real gimmick to speak of to get him over.

If not for the Four Horsemen, Dean may not have gone anywhere in WCW .

Austin was in the same boat.

We all know the story.

He was running heel, with Paul E. Dangerously as his manager, and then later partnered with Brian Pillman .

The Hollywood Blonds were a good team, with a WCW and an NWA World Tag Team Title run to their credit.

Despite Austin’s talent and work ethic, at the end of the day it wasn’t enough for Eric Bischoff to decide Steve just wasn’t marketable.

Austin, of course, went on to ECW , where he was pretty entertaining.

Finally getting the opportunity to show his sense of humor, ECW was just a stepping stone to the big dance–the WWE .

Austin became The Ringmaster in his first gimmick in WWE, a talented wrestler who was decent on the mic and pretty good in the ring.

What was past had become present.

Austin was going nowhere fast, and it looked as though he was destined to have just a mediocre career.

That is, until King of The Ring in 1996.

Austin won the KOTR tournament, and after defeating Jake "The Snake" Roberts in the final match, he was interviewed by Michaels Hayes.

An interview that would change his career and the face of the WWE was then given, and with nine little words, Steve Austin turned the wrestling world upside down.

“Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass!”

I remember thinking, "man, that’s big talk coming from a guy who’s never really done anything."

That’s right, while some fans jumped out of their seat, proclaiming Austin as the next big star, I just sat there.

To me, it was just another interview.

But then the Stone Cold identity was born and Austin took over world.

God, this guy was over.

The infamous Road Warrior pop had officially been challenged, as the roof began to blow off the building every time his music hit.

Austin 3:16 t-shirts and signs started appearing everywhere.

Crowds were getting flipped off by a grown man as he drank beer in the ring and they loved every minute of it.

Steve Austin had arrived.

I have to say, though, as an old school wrestling fan, this was all a little new to me.

Austin was a heel.

No matter how you look at it, the Stone Cold gimmick was not meant to be a face gimmick.

He threw the Stunner on anything that moved.

Any preconceived notions about right and wrong, good or bad, went flying out the window with Austin.

Stone Cold’s character was in business for himself, he backed down from no one, and God help you if you got in his way.

It blew my mind.

A face just didn’t act this way.

At least when The Road Warriors were baby, they played the part and worked only heels.

This guy hated everybody. It was amazing to me.

It was almost as if Austin’s character was daring the crowd to cheer for him.

And they did, me included.

Why exactly did the Stone Cold gimmick work, and work so well?

To me, the answer is easy.

Simply put, Austin had found the Dusty Rhodes connection.

Aside from the heel aspect of his character, Stone Cold was very similar to The American Dream Dusty Rhodes in the NWA years.

Think about it, here was a regular looking guy, who was tough as nails in the ring and could keep an audience riveted with every word he spoke.

He was relentless, with fierce determination and not an ounce of fear in his eyes.

Much like Dusty, Austin told you what he was going to do and then he went out and did it.

The fans responded.

That’s what people want.

Bright lights, big pyro , and loud music are great and add to the presentation, but no amount of high dollar production or flashy entrance videos can replace a good old fashioned brawl.

A brawl, instigated by a no-nonsense hell raiser. That was Dusty Rhodes.

And the torch had been passed; the vein that Rhodes had possessed for so long had been tapped by Austin and he owned it.

He owned it with everything he had.

The wrestling world had not seen this type of character since Dusty—of that I’m sure.

But make no mistake; Steve Austin was an original.

As much as I can see the similarities in the two, I can also say that Austin had carved his own niche and created a new edgier type of face that the business had never seen before, and has been copied a thousand times since.

Some might say that Steve Austin was in the right place, at the right time, with the right catchphrase; anyone could have pulled off the Stone Cold gimmick.

Hard to believe, but I suppose it’s possible.

However, though I agree that Austin struck a nerve with the fans and presented something new and fresh, I also feel that he is the reason it worked in the first place.

Steve worked hard to get to the level on which he had arrived.

He worked in a struggling promotion for a guy like Bischoff who was all about the money, and was held to mid-card status, never getting a real break at the big time.

Austin paid his dues, he was a good worker, and he deserved to finally get his shot.

Steve Austin took the crazy notion of "just get in there and do it" to a whole new level. He was the reason for his success. He earned it.

The Stone Cold character was one of the final original concepts that has come out of the WWE in the last fourteen years.

While everyone takes a few minutes to debate that one, I will end by saying not only do I believe that statement now as I always have.

And to tell you the truth, I miss Stone Cold.

It’s a shame these guys have to get older and move on with their lives. A real shame.

But, at least I have the memories, and until someone new comes along and finds the Steve Austin connection, I guess that will have to be enough.

And that’s the bottom line.

From Stone Cold to "The Stranger"

Source: HomeMediaMagazine.com
By: John Latchem


Hoping to leave his “Stone Cold” nickname behind, Steve Austin has set off on the difficult transition from professional wrestling to movies. Anchor Bay Entertainment releases his latest thriller, The Stranger, June 1 on DVD ($26.97) and Blu-ray Disc ($34.98).

“My guys brought me the script, and I enjoyed reading it,” Austin said. “I thought it was a challenging role for me, especially trying to transition into acting. It wasn’t pushing my physicality, but my acting chops.”

In The Stranger, Austin plays a man trying to discover his past. Drifting through the streets with no memories, his mind periodically reprograms itself with a new personality, leading the stranger into dangerous situations where he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake. On his tail are an FBI agent (Adam Beach), who may be tied to the man’s former life, and a psychologist (Erica Cerra), who is trying to help him recover his memories.

“Someone asked me what it’s about, and I told them it’s a working man’s Bourne Identity,” Austin said.

With each clue, the stranger learns more about his true identity, keeping the audience guessing until the very end.

“You gotta stay on your toes,” Austin said. “It was an interesting experience to film a new personality every scene.”

Austin said director Robert Lieberman helped him keep track of the various personality changes required of the character. Austin’s favorite moments, he said, involved filming flashback scenes showing his character with his family.

“I enjoyed doing the scenes with the wife and daughter,” Austin said. “I liked that it showed a different side of me from the Stone Cold killer of my wrestling days — a much softer side.”

For WWE Hall of Famer Austin, acting in movies is a far cry from performing in the squared circle.

“Wrestling is like a violent form of Broadway,” Austin said. “You’re using the crowd to help you make your decisions. You play to what they want to see, and it’s a lot of ad libbing, which was one of my strong points — and it’s live. You shoot a movie out of order, and if something doesn’t work you call cut and do it again.”

Austin broke through to the big screen in 2005 with a small role in the Adam Sandler football comedy The Longest Yard, followed by a star turn in WWE Films’ The Condemned in 2007. It would be nearly three years before he got top billing in another movie, playing an underground cage fighter in the direct-to-video thriller Damage, released earlier this year by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

“It took a while to follow up The Condemned, so it’s nice to finally have product of mine out there,” Austin said.

Next up for Austin is a role in Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables, due in theaters in August, followed by a movie called Hunt to Kill, co-starring Eric Roberts.

At this point in his career, Austin said he doesn’t mind being associated with a particular kind of role.

“My physicality kind of points me in the direction of action,” Austin said. “So, I’ll do 20 action movies if I have to. I just want to work, and I want to be a good actor.”

Muscle & Fitness Nov. 2009

Muscle & Fitness - Nov. 2009

The bottom line: former WWE champ Steve Austin is stone-cold serious about his training, his diet and leaving his image behind
Muscle & Fitness, Nov, 2009 by Rob Fitzgerald

You ever been on a ketogenic diet, man?" asks former WWE champion Steve Austin, who from the constant stream of well-wishers and genuflectors would seem to be the most popular guy at Gold's Gym in Venice Beach. Follow the man around for a day, and you'll see that Austin's receiving line never ends. He's not Stone Cold to these people. In fact, he's no longer Stone Cold at all. Ever. He's simply a good dude who's there to train. "Ninety minutes of cardio five times a week and ketosis? Man, that's rough."

Ketogenic diets, on which you avoid carbs all week, feel like hell for four days, then load up every two hours on weekends? Marathon cardio sessions? Niceness, even? This is Stone Cold we're talking about here. The beer-swilling, self-professed redneck whose hell-raiser persona was professional wrestling's most lucrative draw for nearly a decade. What the hell's the bottom line here? Who is this guy?

The answer is complex, and so is the man himself. Sure, he'll always be Stone Cold to the millions of fans whose memories will forever be seared by bird-flipping, surprise Stone Cold Stunners and hijacked beer trucks, but as M&F found after spending a day with Austin in Venice Beach, he's fixin' to show the world there's more to the former Texas Rattlesnake than just boozing and brawling.

"When you're Stone Cold Steve Austin, and you're famous for flipping people off, cussing, drinking beer and raising hell, most people think that's actually me," he says. "Anytime I get a chance to break away from the person who people perceive me to be, that helps me out a lot."

With an unexpectedly sophisticated knowledge of training, and a fledgling film career that's about to showcase his gym work and acting chops on big screens everywhere--including a turn opposite Sylvester Stallone in the mega-budget action thriller The Expendables, slated for release in April 2010--Austin is poised to leave Stone Cold behind and make his mark in a new industry.

ARMS 3:16
EXERCISE
SETS REPS
TRICEPS
Lying Cable Extension 3-4 10-15
Lying Triceps Extension 3-4 10-15
Overhead Dumbbell Extension 3-4 10-15
BICEPS
Machine Preacher Curl 3-4 10-15
Concentration Curl 3-4 10-15
Standing Hammer Curl 3-4 10-15

Austin swaps one of his triceps moves for dips if his shoulders are
healthy.

"I've put so much time and effort into working on my physique, but people don't think of that when they think of me," he remarks. "In Edna, Texas, where I grew up, you can start playing football in seventh grade. My brother was two years older than me, so the coaches would let me train with everybody. I've been training steadily since I was in fifth grade."

That's nearly 35 years of hard-earned weight-room experience. In other words, Austin has picked up a few things along the way. As he'll readily admit, however, he has needed every ounce of what he has learned to transition from college football--he starred at linebacker and defensive end for what was then North Texas State University (Denton)--to the unforgiving world of pro wrestling and then to Hollywood, where his primary focus has shifted from strength and performance to aesthetics.

Unlike most actors--even successful athletes transitioning from sport to screen--Austin doesn't work with a trainer, opting instead to design his own programs. The only Hollywood-style concession he makes is calling in outside help in the form of San Antonio trainer Skyler Craig to formulate his nutrition plan. Note, however, that Austin sticks to his roots, entrusting his body composition to only a fellow Texan. "DTA, Rock," as Stone Cold once said to Dwayne Johnson, his perennial WWE nemesis, after delivering a particularly memorable Stunner. Don't trust anyone. Not with your livelihood, anyway.

"People get lost in the fact that I drank so much beer," he says. "But believe me, I've taken care of my body my whole career. I've put in as much or more time as anyone as far as training goes. I've studied the game for years, and it has always been a passion of mine."

Austin's passion these days is acting, and he has approached his roles in both The Expendables and Damage--a fight-themed action film set for release in January--with the same hardscrabble intensity he brought to the ring, especially when it comes to his diet and training habits. Austin packed on to pounds of mass for The Expendables, but for The Stranger, which began filming in August, he dropped down to about 235. He managed these weight fluctuations by manipulating his carbohydrate intake when Craig deemed it necessary.

"I'm still eating six extremely clean meals a day," he notes. "My first meal is egg whites and a half-cup of oatmeal; my next four meals are chicken with a sweet potato, keeping my carbs low; and my last meal is fish. I love salmon and mahi-mahi. I stay away from butter and too many bulls--t condiments, and I watch my sodium intake. I also drink at least a gallon of water every day. I'm a big believer in staying hydrated and flushing my system."

Since he no longer burns thousands of calories in the ring on a nightly basis, Austin had a couple of pieces of commercial-grade cardio equipment installed in his garage in Los Angeles. You'll find him on one or the other for 45 minutes virtually every morning and after every workout, keeping his heart rate at 130-140 beats per minute.

Don't start calling him Steady-State Steve Austin just yet, though. The foundation of his success is the same as always: the gym. "When you think of Stone Cold Steve Austin, you think of beer," he says. "But I really don't know where I'd be if I didn't have the gym and the weights, as well as the enjoyment and the results I've gotten from my workouts."

Where would he be without the iron?

"Probably still working on a freight dock loading and unloading trucks," he states. "I was good enough at football to earn a college scholarship, and I was always a wrestling fan. When I was 24 years old, I saw a commercial for a wrestling school. I was probably about 8% bodyfat back then and in great condition because I still did my training from the North Texas State football program. Things just took off after I paid my dues for a while."

When devising his programs, Austin takes into account his age, injury history and acting career, all of which have forced him to drastically alter his training style, intensity and goals over the years. He no longer opens cans of whoop-ass in the ring every night, and there are certain realities the six-time WWE champ has had to face at 44. Although he says "I don't want to be tellin' sad stories" about his physical limitations, Austin's years in wrestling took a significant toll on his athleticism. He trains around fused [C.sub.3] and [C.sub.4] vertebrae in his neck, a reattached triceps that prevents him from fully straightening his right arm, ligament issues in his knees and a slight shoulder separation.

Dips are a case in point. "I do love dips," he says. "Back in the day, I was a dipping machine. I could drag 45s over, hang 100-150 pounds from a chain and rep them out like a son of a bitch. When my shoulder heals, I can do that again."

Now, Austin simply does what needs to be done and leaves the gym. He doesn't use supersets and rarely trains to failure. In fact, he'd prefer to cut his gym days to three per week and is designing a new core-intensive routine that does just that. Also in the works is a fitness application for the iPhone with which users will be able to chart workouts and benefit from Austin's training advice.

"The older I get, the smarter I train," he points out. "Numbers don't mean much to me. Sometimes I think, S--t, a couple of years ago, on a really good day, I was using 130-pound dumbbells and kicking ass. I have to remember that these days I can get all I need out of dumbbell presses with about 80 pounds."

Austin believes his real personality has lived in the shadow of his Stone Cold ring persona for far too long. "I've never even been Stone Cold in my personal life," he says. "I do know a lot about beer and whiskey, though. That's what people think I'm an expert on and I probably was, but that has never been what I'm about. I'm honored to be on the cover of MUSCLE & FITNESS. I've been doing this for a long time, and I'm proud of this."

AUSTIN ON SCREEN: ART IMITATING LIFE

After a decade of Stone Cold, playing a man with an edge comes naturally to Steve Austin. In The Expendables, he's cast as Dan Paine--"the bad guy who takes care of Eric Roberts' [character's] dirty work," he remarks. In Damage (below), he plays an ex-con entangled in the shadowy world of illegal underground fighting.

"I'm still new to acting, so I keep my eyes and ears open, and I don't say a lot," he says. "When it's time to work, I pay attention to everything."

His recent screen success coincides with Hollywood's apparent desire to return to vogue larger-than-life action heroes whose appeal stems more from gym work than Shakespearian stage-training. "These old throwback action movies are tailor-made for a guy like me," Austin states.

Given his status as one of the all-time greats in pro wrestling, staged fight scenes would seem a natural fit for the former WWE champ. Yet one punch-up in Damage deviated from the script when an Austin left hook broke the nose of former professional MMA fighter Paul Lazenby.

Despite this bone-crunching mishap, Austin's on-screen combat acumen is superb. Filming a fight scene in The Expendables with Stallone was a particular thrill. "I fought with him for two solid days. Let me tell you, he'll go. It was a blast."

THE SPLIT

DAY BODYPART (S) TRAINED

1 Chest, triceps
2 Back, biceps
3 Shoulders, traps
4 Lower accessory
5 Off
6 Repeat cycle

Austin trains abs in various workouts, and -he does 45 minutes of
cardio on a treadmill or elliptical every morning, then another 45
minutes postworkout or at night

SNAPSHOT

BIRTHDATE: Dec. 18, 1964

BIRTHPLACE: Austin, Texas

RESIDENCES: California, Texas

HEIGHT: 6'2"

WEIGHT: 245 pounds

HIGHLIGHT: 2009 WWE Hall of Fame inductee

"People would associate me with barrooms and beer more so than a MUSCLE & FITNESS photo shoot, but I've put in my time"

For an exclusive, live online chat, and a behind-the-scenes interview and video from the set of Austin's latest movie The Stranger, go to muscleandfitness.com. Want to meet Austin in person and have him autograph the issue? Check online for updates on when he'll be at the M&F booth at the 2009 Olympia Weekend Expo.

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Steve Austin On...
Source: M&F.com


Being an Alpha Male: “I would always consider myself an alpha male. I'm a leader, not a follower. That's just the way I like to live my life. You're not gonna get too far following people down the road. You’ve got to make your own path and go for it.”

His will to succeed: “I think that's inborn, but it’s also something I realized along the way. It didn't matter where I grew up. My drive to be number one, to be the best, would have been the same either way.”

Competition: “I was born with a competitive nature. With football, I had a killer instinct. I was gonna knock the hell out of whoever was across from me, or run the ball right down their throat. I just never had the desire to be second best at anything. Never. I was definitely born with that.”

Hollywood: “Sometimes when you're like me and you're from a small town, you look around at some of the people in Hollywood and think everyone was born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but then you hear some of their stories and you realize that's hardly the case.”

Cardio: “I don’t run anymore, but I have two cardio machines
in my garage, and I do 90 minutes per day-45 minutes in the morning, and 45 after I train.”

Stone Cold: “Wrestling made me a great living, but I was never Stone Cold in my personal life.”


You can view photos from the shoot at the photo gallery.

Stone Cold Causes "Damage" in New Film

Source: Canoe.ca SLAM! Sports
Article By: GREG OLIVER - Producer, SLAM! Wrestling

Stone Cold Steve Austin's second movie as a leading man came out Tuesday on DVD. It's called Damage, and it might be familiar to you from the countless promos that ran during his guest hosting appearance on Monday Night Raw last week. He hopes it is the start of a long, busy film career.

"It was a ton of fun," Austin told SLAM! Wrestling about making Damage. "It was the second movie I've made -- had some small parts in some other ones, but second movie I made. I had a blast making it. Vancouver is a beautiful place. It was a learning experience. It was a place to start. I'm very proud of the movie. I'm looking forward to making a bunch more."

Austin stars as John Bricker, an ex-convict who ends up competiting in illegal underground fights after getting paroled. Others in the film include Laura Vandervoort from Smallville, Walton Goggins (The Shield), Lynda Boyd and Eric Keenleyside.

"They surrounded me with some great actors and some wonderful fighters. I just tried to learn as much as I could to carry on to the next project," he said.

One of those "wonderful fighters" was MMA fighter Paul Lazenby. During filming, Austin accidentally broke Lazenby's nose.

"We were doing a fight scene and the camera was on me, and on Paul's back. As I swung a left hook, I got it a little too deep. With my pinkie finger, I pushed his nose about two inches across the other side of his face," recalled Austin. "He just looked at me and said, 'Keep going.' So I kept swinging at him. We laughed our tails off afterward. Paul has since doubled me in my last two movies. We had a laugh about it, but I felt horrible about it. Paul is one tough guy."

On his website, Lazenby didn't blame Austin at all for the incident, which required a good 20 minutes before the bleeding stopped. "I want to stress that this was NOT a case of negligence or incompetence, just one of those things that can happen even between skilled performers when they're swinging their fists at one another," Lazenby wrote. "I don't blame Steve at all, he just made a mistake that even the best stunt performers can make (and one of which I'm certainly not innocent)."

Though a professional wrestler is used to violence, Austin was upset with the incident. "Paul trusted me with his body and his face. I broke his nose. That's unacceptable. I apologized profusely."

There are a lot of elements of Stone Cold Steve Austin in John Bricker. Wrestling fans will see his familiar gait, his cold, brusk delivery and some good fight scenes. It's the heart of gold that Bricker has that might not seem right.

Austin hopes not to be type cast as a tough guy or an action hero.

"At the end of the day, if I make 30 action movies, I'm a happy guy," he said. "If I get to make 25 action movies and five comedies, I'm a happy guy. I want to work. I don't want to be put in a box. But the bottom line is, I want to enjoy the movies that I make. I want to be happy doing that. And I want my core fanbase to enjoy the movies that I make. I also want to grow a new fanbase that never even knew I wrestled. The bottom line is I want to make good movies."

Making good movies will depend, in part, on his improving as an actor. He's trying his best.

"I think that if you watch a great actor's early work, he's better after he's done a bunch of movies than his first movies. Same as pro wrestling; I remember I was very green when I first started, but I turned into a very good professional wrestler -- never technically a great wrestler, but one of the greatest wrestlers to ever step in the ring," he said.


"Same with acting. I just think you can take acting classes, and I think people that do are smart to take them, to get involved with drama, and plays at a very early age. But the route that I've taken, through my background in pro wrestling, it's all on-the-job training for me. I watch and I ask questions to the actors that are on set. I need more and more experience, so I can try to bring up my game and make the characters that I create come to life and be real on screen."

Damage most definitely had a smaller-name cast compared to his next meaty role in The Expendables, which co-stars Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren -- even Arnold Schwarzenegger has a cameo. That film is expected to be released in August 2010.

There were different vibes on the sets, he said.

"You can only imagine there would be a lot more egos on the set of The Expendables. A lot of testosterone, a lot of adrenaline, and a lot of explosions and bullets flying around. But it was a fun experience, and I'm looking forward to the movie. What I saw of the movie, when I was doing my voiceovers, looks phenomenal."