Well, we warned you. UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey was recently in Bulgaria filming a role in the latest Expendables sequel, and we just came across this set photo proving that she does get to hold a weapon and be her usual cheery self. Boxing star Victor Ortiz was also rumored to be in the cast, and that appears to be him standing next to Rousey, just happy to be there.
Other than that, the photo gives us a glimpse of the film’s all-star cast, including Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Arnold Schwarzenegger (mostly blocked out by Antonio’s beanie), Dolph Lundgren, and Randy “The Natural, Except When It Comes to Acting” Couture, at least one of whom will likely be arm-barred by Rousey during the film to prove that, hey, this girl is tough.
Well, we warned you. UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey was recently in Bulgaria filming a role in the latest Expendables sequel, and we just came across this set photo proving that she does get to hold a weapon and be her usual cheery self. Boxing star Victor Ortiz was also rumored to be in the cast, and that appears to be him standing next to Rousey, just happy to be there.
Other than that, the photo gives us a glimpse of the film’s all-star cast, including Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Arnold Schwarzenegger (mostly blocked out by Antonio’s beanie), Dolph Lundgren, and Randy “The Natural, Except When It Comes to Acting” Couture, at least one of whom will likely be arm-barred by Rousey during the film to prove that, hey, this girl is tough.
Real-life action hero Ronda Rousey has booked her first film role, and luckily it has nothing to do with that Hunger Games bullshit. As revealed yesterday by Sylvester Stallone himself, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion will have a part in The Expendables 3, which begins filming next month in Los Angeles; boxing star Victor Ortiz will have a part as well. But don’t worry, the film won’t steal attention from Ronda’s day job. From an MMAFighting report:
According to UFC President Dana White, filming of the movie won’t impact Rousey’s scheduled title defense against Miesha Tate, scheduled on Dec. 28 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
“That’s why I said, `Yes,” said White via text message. “Ronda listens, unlike others.”
Real-life action hero Ronda Rousey has booked her first film role, and luckily it has nothing to do with that Hunger Games bullshit. As revealed yesterday by Sylvester Stallone himself, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion will have a part in The Expendables 3, which begins filming next month in Los Angeles; boxing star Victor Ortiz will have a part as well. But don’t worry, the film won’t steal attention from Ronda’s day job. From an MMAFighting report:
According to UFC President Dana White, filming of the movie won’t impact Rousey’s scheduled title defense against Miesha Tate, scheduled on Dec. 28 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
“That’s why I said, `Yes,” said White via text message. “Ronda listens, unlike others.”
According to stats on boxofficemojo.com, the first two installments of the Expendables franchise both debuted at #1 in the U.S., and have taken in a combined worldwide gross of $574,000,000. Expendables 3 is currently slated to be released on August 14th, 2014, and will allegedly star Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and Kellan Lutz, with possible appearances by Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, and…wait for it…Steven Seagal.
("See Brett, if you just marry them first, they can’t be compelled to testify against you." PicProps: XtremeCouture)
With each new piece of news that emerges, it’s starting to feel more and more unlikely that we’ll ever see Randy …
("See Brett, if you just marry them first, they can’t be compelled to testify against you." PicProps: XtremeCouture)
Couture appeared on local Las Vegas radio recently – no family commitments to keep him occupied during the holidays, you understand – to reveal he’s landed a role alongside fellow baldster Bruce Willis in a movie that will film in early December and that he hopes everybody else can clear their calendars in time to crap out an “Expendables” sequel in March. With all that going on, Couture will have a very limited window in which to squeeze in any actual MMA before he turns 48 next June. Still, he maintains that if the UFC brings him something juicy, he’ll give it a sniff.
(Video courtesy YouTube/MMA30tv)
When Randy Couture’s manager and lawyer Sam Spira was quoted in an interview last week as saying that Randy may have fought his last battle inside the Octagon, people weren’t buying it, but it looks like "…
When asked by MMA30 Radio host Dave Farra during his show last week whether or not he is going to fight again, Couture hesitated before answering.
"Uh. I don’t know. I’m not sure. I’m not sure what the UFC has in store for me. I’ve been working on trying to find a new movie part recently, but little success there," Couture explained. "So we’ll just kinda wait and see."
I guess Hollywood felt the same about his performance in The Expendables as everyone else.
Great weekend at the box office for Sly Stallone’s The Expendables (featuring Randy Couture). It ended up taking #1 at the box office, raking in over $35M.
That blows away the Rampage Jackson ensemble flick, The A-Team, which managed $25.6M in its opener.
Here’s a closer comparison of the two films:
The Expendables
The A-Team
Production Budget
$70M
$110M
Opening Weekend Gross
$35M
$26.6M
Total Opening […]
Great weekend at the box office for Sly Stallone’s The Expendables (featuring Randy Couture). It ended up taking #1 at the box office, raking in over $35M.
That blows away the Rampage Jackson ensemble flick, The A-Team, which managed $25.6M in its opener.
Here’s a closer comparison of the two films:
The Expendables
The A-Team
Production Budget
$70M
$110M
Opening Weekend Gross
$35M
$26.6M
Total Opening Screens
3,270
3,535
Per Screen Opening Avg.
$10,713
$72,62
Total Domestic Box Office
$35M*
$76.6M
Total Global Box Office
$35M**
$158.6M
Rotten Tomatoes Rating
42%
48%
So by just about every measurable, Randy Couture and The Expendables wins. Their Rotten Tomatoes ratings are basically a tie, and from there, The Expendables crushes. It opened #1 at the box office (The A-Team debuted #2). It had a smaller production budget, opened on less screens, but earned around $9M more on opening weekend. Given that, “one” could assume it will end up with a higher total domestic gross. Foreign audiences usually eat up American machismo action flicks, so it should do well overseas too.
And while The Expendables is already talking sequel, it doesn’t look as of now like The A-Team will get a second life, so it could be a one-and-done movie making experience for Rampage.
Randy Couture Discusses The Expendables, UFC 118 Fight With Ja – Watch more Funny Videos (Randy is one of those strong, soft-spoken types, and unfortunately my camera didn’t do a great job of picking up his audio, especially near the beginning. I r…
Randy Couture Discusses The Expendables, UFC 118 Fight With Ja – Watch more Funny Videos (Randy is one of those strong, soft-spoken types, and unfortunately my camera didn’t do a great job of picking up his audio, especially near the beginning. I recommend listening to this with headphones, at a decent volume.)
UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture was in New York yesterday doing press for his supporting role in The Expendables, and I got a chance to point my Flip cam at him for about 10 minutes and ask stupid questions. Couture revealed the secret behind Sylvester Stallone’s cartoonish forearms, weighed in on which member of the The Expendables is the toughest S.O.B. in real life, and explained why this movie was important to his budding movie career.
Of course, we also discussed his upcoming UFC 118 fight against James Toney. The Natural gives his thoughts on Toney’s off-the-wall trash talk, whether or not the match is a "freak show," and how he’s been preparing for Toney’s boxing skills. Some transcribed highlights are after the jump…
