1. - Terry Crews, The Expendables, 2009. First replacement for Forrest Whitaker, who had already substituted Wesley Snipes, as Hale Caesar (owch!) was let go by Sylvester Stallone. He defended his choice of the rapper by reminding fans how Richard Crenna, Dolph Lundgren, Mr T and Talia
Shire were said to be wrong for previous Sly movies. “A player is only as good as his coach. If a man can
communicate in one medium, he can communicate in another if his strengths
are brought out and he has the support of well-wishers. So, trust me, the
change is a good one.” Duh! Within days, Sly was announcing that Caesar had finally gone to Crews - the ex-San Diego Charger who’d debuted in The 6th Day, 2000, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. And 50 went straight into Joel Schumacher’s Twelve with Kiefer Sutherland.
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