"Cut!"
"This take is done!"
On the set of "The Expendables 3", director Michael Bay shouts at the camera.
After over a month of shooting, Link's scenes are complete. Compared to the previous film, he had more scenes, but as "The Expendables 3" is an ensemble film, each actor gets only a few minutes of screen time, and the main characters don't get much more.
Moreover, director Michael Bay likes to shoot large action scenes, especially explosion scenes, and this film has more special effects than the first two combined.
This also led to a severe budget overrun, from an initial 120 million to 150 million US dollars.
However, the appearance of many new types of weapons, cool-looking cars, mobile phones, and computers, as well as watches and other products, brought in advertising sponsorships up to 68 million US dollars, which alleviated some of the production company's financial pressure.
