“Greedy and Lazy”: Sylvester Stallone Kicked Bruce Willis Out of The Expendables 3 and Attacked the Actor on Social Media

The two argued over a million-dollar salary.

It debuted in theaters in 2014 The Expendables 3the third chapter of a saga that brought to the screen some of the greatest brutes of cinema. In it, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more has given rise to a production with blows from all sides – and the plot could still have had our illustrious protagonists as protagonists Bruce Willis.

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Before filming began, Willis received an offer of $3 million for four days of work, but the star found that insufficient. He then counter-proposed, asking for $1 million more in salary, which angered Stallone, who in addition to being an actor was also the screenwriter and producer of the feature film.

In this way, the protagonist of Rambo: Programmed to Kill Willis refused, even taking jabs at the actor on social media. On Twitter, Stallone called his co-star “greedy and lazy,” saying that’s “a surefire way to fail your career.”

Immediately after, Harrison Ford was brought in to replace Willis – interestingly, for an even higher salary. For the same amount of work Ford pocketed a whopping $7 million, nearly double what Bruce was asking for.

Perhaps Stallone and the studio hoped that Ford’s participation would attract a new audience to the cinema, but the result fell far short. Worldwide, The Expendables 3 became one of the lowest-grossing films in the series, outgrossing only The Mercenaries…

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