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Martial-artist Scott Adkins (“Undisputed II”, “Wolverine”) tells Scott Adkins Fanz that like Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme he too was offered a role in Sly Stallone’s action-star heavy romp, “The Expendables”, but turned it down.
“For personal reasons I had to turn it down”, the actor says. “I was extremely disappointed at the time but at least it allowed me to do Undisputed III which I’m very happy with. I’ve heard that The Expendables is great and I really hope it performs well at the box office because I plan on bugging the hell out of Sly for a part in The Expendables 2. There are many other high profile roles I’ve been in line for which you will never hear about, it’s all part of being in the business and being able to deal with rejection, disappointment and just plain bad luck. ”
Later, Adkins tells readers his part in “Wolverine” could’ve been expanded – had Ryan Reynolds suddenly not freed some time up in his schedule.
“Actually when I was originally talking about playing Weapon XI with the producers the idea was that Ryan Reynolds was not available at all for that part of the movie so they wanted me to do it and I guess I convinced myself that this could be my Darth Maul. I wasn’t aware that they would do reshoots with Ryan in Toronto but I completely understand why they did it as you could tell that we were two different people. Originally I expected to be wearing Deadpools costume, it was only when I arrived in Sydney that I saw that it would just be prosthetic make up. So it was disappointing to say the least but that’s show business folks!”
Adkins also revealed that Jean-Claude Van Damme offered him the lead role in a TV spin-off of his film “Kickboxer” at one stage, but the actor passed.
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