INTERVIEWS

[Jox]

Here you go,
be aware that there is some footage, not really spoiler-ish but nonetheless

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/v ... v.cnn.html

[Jox]

[Mosquito]

Good interview but it's really hard to listen to the host. His voice is annoying and also the way he talks.

[Jox]

Apparently he's quite known in the U.S. (as is his "talking style").

[Jox]

http://theactionelite.com/2014/04/dolph ... interview/

Audio
https://soundcloud.com/the-action-elite ... talks-skin

Transcript

Why do you think the subject of human trafficking has taken so long to come to the attention of the public?

You know; I think there are various reasons. I think the fact that a lot of the victims are not from the Western world is maybe one of them. They’re from poor countries in Southeast Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, so obviously that’s one factor. If they (the traffickers) kidnapped a lot of kids from here for instance, we would probably know about it quicker. That’s one part of it. I think also that certainly like in the movie, one of the characters says ‘when they stop buying, I’ll stop selling’, and basically I think the demand for it obviously is of a sexual nature, because a lot of these kids are being used for sexual slavery or commercial prostitution, so I think because that’s kind of a taboo matter in many countries; and the West as well, that there actually is a real demand for it – I think that’s another reason why it is not as easy to go at it like drugs or guns, which are the other two biggest crimes in the world. I think financially number one is drugs, number two is guns and number three is human trafficking.

We spoke last week to Michael Jai White and Tony Jaa about their roles in the movie and they mentioned how nobody is black and white, but more like shades of grey. How would you describe your character Nick Cassidy?

Yeah, I think that’s a good assessment of the script I tried to write. I was trying to make it unpredictable, meaning all characters have some good qualities and some maybe not so good qualities. My character, he travels a big distance emotionally and has quite a big arc because he is a very good guy in the beginning – a bit of a boy scout cop – he doesn’t quite realize who he’s up against. Later in the picture, some bad things in this film happen to good people, like in real life unfortunately that’s how it is, and some bad things happen to his family and he then kind of switches and in order to go after the guys who did it, he has to kind of become like them. So I think part of his resolution towards the end of the picture is to take on the larger topic of human trafficking and also to try to deal with this inner struggle/inner pain and find some sort of resolution within himself to move on in life.That was part of the character I tried to reach for and I think that is what made it interesting to me. Tony and Michael’s characters also are all involved in this game, this topic, this issue – somehow they’ve been scarred by it in their own ways and everybody in the picture; most of the main characters are kind of scarred – good guys, bad guys and victims as well of course – how do you deal with your scars, that was the theme of the picture that I discussed with the director, that we would try and go for.

Speaking of scars; obviously there’s emotional scars but there must have been some physical scars too, because we have seen in the teaser you having a pretty full on fight with Tony Jaa. How long did that take to choreograph?

(laughs) Yeah there’s some physical scars both for the character and also unfortunately for the actors. (laughs) Well the fight with Tony, I think is the longest fight in the picture. They worked on it for about two months and myself and Tony came along later in the process and changed it and worked on it with the director and the stunt coordinator, and we shot the whole thing in around three days. It was quite an effective shoot because we didn’t have a tremendous schedule, we had forty three days in Bangkok and about four days in Vancouver for some second unit, so a pretty good schedule – 50 days – but still we had to be quick about it, so because you have to do that fight in three days you feel it afterwards, you feel it for a while – at least for a week.

You’ve got ‘The Expendables 3’ coming up soon; you are returning of course as ‘Gunnar’, how has he changed since we last saw him in ‘The Expendables 2’?

(laughs) Oh gosh, how has he changed? Let me think. Does he drink as much? Yeah I think he still drinks quite a bit. (laughing) I think he has kind of simmered down a little bit and gotten a little bit more of the ‘team’. Because the first one of course he was a renegade; I was the guy you couldn’t trust. Second one; Gunnar was still kind of out there and I think in the third one he is a little more like the other guys, just probably the one who you don’t want to mess with of all of them because he doesn’t really give a shit you know. (laughs) He doesn’t care about the consequences of what he does, so I think he’s still the kind of loose gun running around, so I try and keep some of that fun, crazy stuff that he has going on. I want to keep that in there and Sly of course likes that part so he always puts that into the script which is good.

Speaking of Sylvester Stallone, ‘The Expendables 3’ will be your fourth collaboration with him. You’ve been carrying this guy for ages now. When is he going to get a career of his own and stop riding on your coattails?

(laughing hard) Yeah! I don’t know; I don’t know how to put that to him, I can maybe try…

Enough is enough.

(laughing) Yeah, I agree. I’m going to have to at some point obviously have to let him go and see if he can manage on his own, you know. But in the meantime, it’s a pleasure to work with him and it’s always fun to see him because it’s been so long now – it’s incredible – it’s been almost thirty years since I first met him and still working together and that there is something to be happy for and to try to keep it going, because in this business usually you don’t work with people for that long.

If we get to see ‘The Expendables 4’, which I assume we will, and you are playing casting director; is there anybody you would like to see join the squad?

(laughs) Let me think… casting director… well there’s guys like Jackie Chan who could be kind of fun as he has a different energy than Jet Li for instance – he has more comedic stuff going on. There are other ‘idols’ that I have in the business but it probably couldn’t work. Some of them are a little bit older; like Clint Eastwood or Sean Connery I would love, of course it would be fun just to be in the scene with them just to have done it, but I think the fans would like to see them as well. Then there is Steven Seagal, I suppose. He is a big tough guy – he could be pretty good in it. He is about my size so good to put another big guy in there.

[Jox]

'Rocky' actor reads up on history
(CNN) - Actor Dolph Lundgren on "The Deserters," a book that sheds new light on the lives of some British and American soldiers during World War II.

http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/2 ... n-history/

[bomaz]

These shorts segments on CNN are interesting, they show others faces of dolph to a wide audience. It's cool.
And i like this guy's voice and tone. It's energeizing.

[Jox]

Ida's school podcast interview
http://www.sshl.se/en/an-interview-with-dolph-lundgren/

Dolph Lundgren, whose daughter Ida is currently studying at SSHL, is the guest on the final podcast of this school year.
Dolph talks about how important it was for him to send his daughter to a school in Sweden so she could connect with her cultural roots as she has lived most of her life abroad. Moreover, he talks about the importance of learning Swedish, cultural traditions as well as the challenge of adapting to life away from home.

With many parents uncertain about making such a big decision, Dolph also discusses some of the challenges and benefits of children studying at boarding school.

EDIT:

I found a very interesting Video on Denmark TV(May 2008).It goes 22 Min.
It is very great, to see Dolph in Marbella,at Home, Restaurant,Fitness-Club and so on.
When you go at the Link,scroll down to Actionheltene,then click on.After that,scroll down again until "Supermand og mangenmillinär",and then click on Actionhelten Dolph Lundgren.
Here the Link:
http://www.dr.dk/DR2/Temaaften/Udsendel ... 151840.htm

This may be a long shot question...anyone have that video saved on their hard drive? If so...could you send me a copy....I can't find it in the link above?

Reposting it
(click on "watch on youtube")

Here is the sole Dolph segment (22 mins) in 720p HD
https://vimeo.com/86450372

[Jox]

[Jox]

Missed that Adult Swim EX2 promo video
http://vimeo.com/51603579

[savagesketch]

It seems that it's always these three who work the hardest on the interview circuits and do the most press, especially the more obscure and humorous press...

[Jox]

Like almost everywhere else in the world and work place, the lowest in hierarchy get their hands dirty more than the others! (I also think it's a matter of motivation and doing your homework, which they do whereas others get lazy)

[savagesketch]

I didn't want to say it, but I always figured it was because of this... With the first EX film, I figured as much. But the second, and third go round, it's still the same guys on the lower end of the totem who are getting out there and selling. And perhaps I'm a bit biased, but it's a shame that Dolph is on the lower hierarchy than Statham, who has never gone out of his way to promote any of these films...

[Jox]

The good thing is it gives Dolph a lot of exposure he'd never have with DTVs and the recognition of being in the same league as Sly, Arnold, Van Damme as an old timer.

[Jox]

'EXPENDABLES 3' CAST AT COMIC-CON 2014
http://www.accesshollywood.com/expendab ... eo_2269537


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