Editorial Staff
The next “Expendables” sequel will shoot in Tunisia, local paper Tunisian daily La Presse said this week.
You can read a translated version of the original article below :
The two world stars of cinema, the American Sylvester Stallone and the Swede Dolph Lundgren will soon be in southern Tunisia to find their film “The Expendables 4”, reports the Tunisian daily La Presse in its Sunday edition.
The official invitation was addressed to the two stars by the Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts, René Trabelsi, during his visit February 27 in Hollywood, according to the same source.
Taking advantage of his friendship with the great Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren (the Russian boxer of Rocky 4), the world champion of karate, Sadok Kouka, took the initiative to invite his childhood friend for the 3rd time in Tunisia, writes the newspaper.
“Dolph has been my friend for 25 years. I was his captain at the Swedish karate team. He came twice to Tunisia to shoot two films “The Barbarian” in Tozeur and another detective film in Hammamet and Mahdia. We even came together for the casting of the film Rocky 4 in 1985. It was he who suggested me to participate by wanting to do me a service at the time. And I remember, to my great surprise, that there were 5,000 actors who appeared in front of Sylvester Stallone for the casting. But by spotting Dolph, he immediately called, proposing to embody the role of his opponent in the film, that of the Russian boxer “, we add the same source quoting the words of the champion Tunisian Karate.
“It’s official, then, these two sacred monsters of the American cinema will be, on March 25, in Kantaoui for two days, before moving to Tozeur to spot the places of shooting,” said Sadok Kouka, who, he produced and performed the film “The Samurai of the Desert” directed by Mokhtar Laajimi. A tribute will be paid to them, with, among other things, meetings with René Trabelsi, Minister of Tourism, and Mohamed Zine El Abidine, Minister of Cultural Affairs.
Thanks to ‘mcdsweet’ for the heads up.
