Craig Zablo's StalloneZone

On August 21, 2012, CinemaNerdz posted Ten Actors Who Should be in Expendables 3. 

• Steven Seagal: Ok, bring him in as a bad guy or a pompus CIA agent.
  
• Kurt Russell: Absolutely.  Call him “Snake” and have him do his best Eastwood.  ; )
  
• Carl Weathers: A no-brainer.  Think of the interplay between Sly and Weathers and Arnold and Weathers.
  
• Chow Yun-Fat: Sure.
  
• Nicholas Cage: Only if he gets in shape and wears his Con Air extensions.
  
• Michael Biehn: Yes!  Have him play a bad guy who happens to be an enemy of Arnold.
  
• Brigette Nielsen: Nope.
• Christopher Lambert: Ok.
• Peter Weller: Ok.
• Jesse Ventura: Absolutely!  He’s got to be a buddy of Arnold.
• Wesley Snipes and Lou Diamond Phillips: Yes for Wesley and ok for Lou Diamond Phillips.

Here are a few of my suggestions: Armand Assante, Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vin Diesel. 

On August 20, 2012, The Olathe News posted Sylvester Stallone, The Dalai Lama and Me by Barry Koltnow.  It’s a pretty insightful piece.  Here’s a quote from Sly…

• “After ‘Rocky,” I should have been writing and directing my own movies, like Clint Eastwood, but I took a different route. I tried to be a more diversified actor, and I didn’t realize that you are pretty much defined by your initial impact on this industry. After “Rocky,” that’s who I was. That’s the role that the industry coveted, but I tried to fight it.

• “I was being challenged by the media not to be a one-note actor, and then they vilified me when I tried to do comedies and other films that were outside my strengths. I don’t know why the media does that to actors. They don’t do it to athletes. You never hear anybody telling Tom Brady that he’s a great quarterback, but then questioning how good a defensive end he is. No one expects him to play a different position. He does what he does well.

• “I should have stayed where I belonged, in the action genre. Everybody has a niche. I shouldn’t have been so damn artistically greedy. I thought I could run the table on all those different roles, which was self-destructive. I should have been happy to just be the action guy.”

Nice piece, Mr. Koltnow! – Craig

On August 19, 2012, Hollywood Outbreak posted an audio clip of Sly speaking on his reasons for signing autographs and speaking with fans.

Well said, Sly. – Craig