some more twitter expendables blog posts.
The way I see it April 14, 2009 by ethelmae sowe are now into week 2 here in Brazil. today we are shooting in therural area of Colonia about 1 1/2 hours outside Rio. It is also wherethe mental institution is located although compared to some of our creweveryone acts pretty normal. The set is situated in the jungle whichis filled with mosquitoes and ticks among other things. Factor in theextreme heat and humidity, the occasional downpour, 300 hundred crewmembers, hundred extras, 4 cameras, cranes, huge lighting set ups, alanguage barrier and the merging of two completely different ways ofworking (US vs Brazil) you could have a recipe for disaster. Bu wedon’t, thanks to Sly and his total command of the set along with thetotal professionalism of the cast. No whiners on this film thank God. Today is pretty cool - barney Ross (SLY) and Lee Christmas (JASON)ambush some of Garza’s (DAVID ZAYES) henchmen and all hell breaksloose. I am really impressed with Giselle Itie - she is perfect forthe role of Sandra. Then there’s the p’razzi who are literally hangingout of the tress in the mountains trying to get a shot. One guy toldme he can shoot wherever he likes cause he is a photographic lawyer. Itold him I was a ballerina…that’s it for now. stay tuned.
Sly’s stunt double must be getting bored April 15, 2009 by ethelmae sotoday I heard Sly say, in an understated way, he was about to do thestunt of his life. Hmmm…sounded pretty cool. I’ve seen some prettybig action dudes do some pretty tricky stunts (no disrespect to theincredible guys who risk life and limb by doing dangerous stunts for aliving) so it takes a lot to impress me. well today you can color meimpressed…a lot…for real…by Sly. The freakin guy is fearless andpretty much ageless. No matter how I describe what I watched him do -6 times - it won’t even be close to conveying what it was - a classicold school mano a mano takedown. Keep in mind there were no mats onthe ground and Sly was basically bareback - no pads except for on hisknees as he dove, rolled, flipped, growled and punched his way throughthe scene ending with him breaking a neck. Oh and did I mention thesweltering heat and hte hard dusty ground he kept slamming his bodyinto. Sly was bleeding and bruised but after watching the last take heturned around and said “that’s how you teach the children.” Then he setup the next shot.
also this is from sly's publicist at AICN : Hi-publicist lady here with some updates Terry crews arrives in Rio tomorrow, Jet Li next week.
