These Fun Facts are about the Expendables films: (1) Sylvester Stallones character, Barney Ross, is named after a world welterweight boxing champion who joined the U.S. Marine Corps, then earned the Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his actions at Guadalcanal in World War II. (2) The role played by NFL player Terry Crews was offered to Wesley Snipes (who could not take the role because he couldnt leave the U.S. due to tax issues) and Forest Whitaker (who couldnt take the role because of scheduling issues). (3) Stallone said the lead villain of the first film was based on Manuel Noriega, a former Panamanian dictator involved in the drug trade. (4) The name of Jean-Claude Van Dammes character, Vilain, was modeled on a 19th Century French poet named Paul Verlaine. (5) The insignia worn by the soldiers on their left shoulder is that of the First Signal Brigade of the U.S. Army, which served in the Republic of Vietnam.
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