The Expendables 2

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Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Cast

A sniper. Hemsworth was confirmed for the role on September 19, 2011.
Primary antagonist and the leader of an opposing team of mercenaries.Van Damme had previously been offered a role in The Expendables but failed to come to an agreement with Stallone and ultimately never took part.Commenting on the role, Stallone said "We’ll have a big showdown between me and Van Damme, which has been anticipated for a long time, so it should be a good one."
In late August 2011, Stallone stated his interest in having Willis return for a role in the sequel — expanding upon his brief cameo in the original — potentially as a "super villain".Willis was confirmed to be involved in a "substantial" role on September 6, 2011.Commenting on the film, Willis said "Hopefully, they'll start shooting it while we're young enough to survive."
Stallone noted his intention to have Schwarzenegger return for a sequel before the release of The Expendables, stating "If this works, I would love to get him in the next one".Schwarzenegger's involvement was confirmed on September 6, 2011, his "substantial" role expanding on his cameo in the original film. Schwarzenegger filmed his scenes in 4 days.
Jean Vilain's right hand man.Adkins was confirmed on September 22, 2011.
The cast is rounded out by Chinese actress Yu Nan as Maggie,Swedish actress Amanda Ooms as Pilar, a sniper,[and Nikolette Noel as Sophia, Billy's wife. Professional Tennis player Novak Djokovic has a cameo role as himself after being invited to participate by producer Avi Lerner.
Several actors were reported to be in talks to appear in the sequel at various stages of it's development. In October 2010, Willis claimed that Steve Austin would be returning to the series as villain Dan Paine.In November 2010, Charlie Sheen was reported to be in consideration for the role of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent hunting down Willis' character.In August 2011, Variety reported that actor, and expert martial-artist, Donnie Yen had been offered a role in the film. The role was a condition of a partnership between Nu Image/Millennium Films and an unnamed Chinese distributor that would see the distributor becoming a producer on the film in exchange for a Chinese actor being cast. The partnership was also considered to make a Chinese release of the film easier to achieve.In September 2011, Stallone confirmed that he was in talks with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta,claiming the only obstacle to their involvement would be scheduling.In July 2011, Mickey Rourke was stated to be reprising his role as Tool,but by late September it was reported that he had dropped out of the film, and by October 18, 2011 this status was confirmed. Antonio Banderas was reportedly offered a role but was unable to participate due to other commitments.
On his approach to casting, Stallone explained that he was looking particularly for actors who had not experienced recent significant success in film, saying: "I like using people that had a moment and then maybe have fallen on some hard times and give them another shot. So we’re always looking for actors like Michael Biehn and Michael Paré. I like those kinds of guys. Someone did it for me and I like to see if I can do it for them."


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