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Believe it or not, the thought of a Tango & Cash reunion occurred to Sylvester Stallone when he was putting together The Expendables. His upcoming mercenary flick that will begin shooting later this spring already features Jet Li, Jason Statham, Stallone (of course), Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, and about a half dozen others, and Sly had been holding out hope that Kurt Russell would join in the fun.

I don't know how there could possibly be room for one more speaking part in the film, but The Italian Stallion wrote to the fansite StalloneZone to let everyone know it wouldn't be happening. What's interesting is not that Russell passed but the hoops Stallone says he had to jump through just to hear that Russell wasn't interested.

"I know that many people on the site have asked for Kurt Russell. I asked for him too. Actually, I was taken aback when asked to put the request in a letter and send it to his agent. Subsequently, I was called back by the agent several days later after refusing to send a letter and he said Kurt Russell is not interested in 'ensemble acting' at this time. So, people, I came, I saw, I failed."

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