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One strange trademark of The Expendables franchise has the same character always say the final line but will The Expendables 4 break that tradition? Sylvester Stallone has always recognized the value of having a reliable series to fall back on (Rocky, Rambo, etc), and in the 2010s he created another one for himself. The Expendables was conceived as a gritty action thriller about battle-worn mercenaries, but it morphed into an all-star love letter to the action movies of the ’80s and ’90s that gathered some of the genre’s biggest names.
The Expendables movies have brought together Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many more. While Stallone may have been the official lead, Statham was always billed as the young up-and-comer of the ensemble – despite being in his early 40s when the original Expendables arrived. He’s fulfilled his destiny of taking Stallone’s action crown, as his character Christmas has ascended to the lead of The Expendables 4, with Sly’s Barney taking a backseat to proceedings.
Jason Statham Has The Last Line In Every Expendables Movie
Only devoted fans of The Expendables saga are likely to have noticed that every entry so far has given the final line to Statham’s Christmas. The original movie saw him end his macho poem with “Oh yeah” before tossing a blade at a bullseye. Expendables 2 closed with him mockingly claiming Barney should learn how to fight before the two fist-bumped, while Expendables 3 saw Christmas give Barney a backhanded complaint before they fist-bumped again.
In a lot of ways, the friendship between Christmas and Barney has been the backbone of the series, and it tracks that the movies would close on the duo. With The Expendables 4 featuring Statham in the lead – with series newcomer Megan Fox playing his love interest – it’s likely Christmas will get the final line once more. That said, this is a trademark even the filmmakers might not have been aware of, and if it truly is Stallone’s final appearance in the franchise he created, it would be nice to give him the final line.
The Original Expendables Script Ended With Stallone Having The Last Line
In interviews for the first Expendables, Stallone stated the script went through over a hundred drafts, and at various points included a CIA agent character called Sands and a gay Expendables named Richard. The original script (via Script Slug) also gave the final line of The Expendables to Barney, though the scene itself is similar to the movie. The team is gathered in Tool’s (Mickey Rourke) tattoo parlor tossing blades at a target with Hitler’s face, and everyone is having a good time until Dolph Lundgren’s Gunnar accidentally destroys it with his gigantic bowie knife. To this, Barney was supposed to say “Don’t worry about it. We’ll take it out of your pay.”
Source: Script Slug
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