Stallone praises 'dream Expendables cameos'

Sylvester Stallone has said that working with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger on The Expendables feels like acting as part of "a dream team".

The 63-year-old wrote and directed the movie, which features cameos by Willis and Schwarzenegger.

The film, which centres on a group of mercenaries who overthrow a South American dictator, also stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Jet Li.

However, Stallone revealed that it has been challenging to get the stars together for their first scene, Reuters reports.

He said: "Arnold, Bruce and I will be working together for the first time, maybe in two weeks. It's very difficult to get us all together at the same time. It's impossible to get all those egos in the same room."

He added: "I wanted to do a film that was more about men and just doing things that we did back in the '80s and '90s with films that were a little bit more men-on-men, and actual physical stunts and also a story that isn't super-gigantic.

"And the thing was to find certain personalities that never would ever work together normally and put them altogether. It's like a dream team."

Willis previously admitted that he is "excited" about partaking in the venture.