Chuck Norris Demands That ‘The Expendables 2′ Be Rated PG-13
By Travis Woods
Oh, boy. Walking internet meme/fictional Texas Ranger Chuck Norris, in case you didn’t know, is a cast member of the upcoming Expendables 2 action film (along with pretty much every other action star ever). What you might not know (and what has yet to be officially confirmed) is that Norris refused to sign on to The Expendables 2 unless the violence and language was scaled back from the R rating of the original and to a safe PG-13.
It’s something of a troubling declaration, as one of the only real reasons to watch the original film was to see a bunch of aging action stars party like it was 1985 and gleefully, shamelessly celebrate the insane action films of the 80s—including their over the top language and violent action. So if The Expendables 2 loses that, well, what’s the point of watching it?
Norris broke it down like this:
With The Expendables 2, you have a lot of hard language in there that means that young people won’t be able to see it. I said, I don’t do movies like that. I didn’t do them in the past, I didn’t do them on my TV series. I said, you have to cut out all the language, hardcore language or I can’t do it. So they did, and Expendables is now a PG-13 film so kids can see it.
Remember, this news has yet to be confirmed by the studio and, even if it is true, there is likely to be an unrated Blu-Ray of the film that will please you hard 80s violence fans.
What do you think of Norris’ comments?
Source: /Film
Friday, January 20, 2012 6:17AM
wow.. i like it.
Friday, January 20, 2012 6:29AM
Norris' "The Octagon" had frontal nudity in it. No comment about that one?
Friday, January 20, 2012 6:35AM
Idiot, he was never such star as the others so I dont think he can have any demands.
Friday, January 20, 2012 6:55AM
Let 'em make a movie with multiple tracks, 1 per rating and language combination.
They can fix it in post.
What's the problem?
Friday, January 20, 2012 7:01AM
this post rails about the possible reduction in violence, but all Norris is talking about is the language. source article does the same thing. conjecture. nice.
Friday, January 20, 2012 7:06AM
This is as lame as chuck himself!
The Goob hath ruled. Chuck fail.
Friday, January 20, 2012 8:15AM
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEEEEEEE
Friday, January 20, 2012 8:49AM
His target audience is not "young people" – anyone under 18 doesnt even know who he is…
Friday, January 20, 2012 10:48AM
Can I vote for The Expendables 2 just not being made? Was 1 really worthy of a sequel?
Friday, January 20, 2012 11:08AM
The last die hard comes to mind… sure, the unrated DVD has the swears… but they're off camera and noticeably dubbed in. If that's what your thinking should happen here… no thanks. I'd rather they didn't… all or nothing so to speak.
Friday, January 20, 2012 11:09AM
Don't forget Delta Force 2… maybe the others too… never watched them.
Friday, January 20, 2012 11:16AM
CHUCK NORRIS IS A LAME ASS KICK HIM OFF THE MOVIE…. WHO THE HELL IS HE TO SAY ANYTHING
Friday, January 20, 2012 12:48PM
It's simple. Norris knows that PG-13 has a wider audience, thus the potential to make more money. If he negotiates his contract based on a percentage of profits, then he assures himself a bigger payday.
Why do you think PG-13 is so damned popular ? MORE FOLKS CAN SEE IT. Thus, more money to be made.
Friday, January 20, 2012 3:29PM
I can see a host of new insults being created and circumvented promptly as a result of this movie being PG-13. Probably not a bad idea. Props to Chuck for standing up for his morals.
Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:10AM
What is with all the Chuck Norris bashing? Your the lame asses. WTF have any of you accomplished? Yeah thats what I thought. Fuck off!
Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:22AM
Hey Idiot who wrote this –
Chuck didn't want b.s violence and language. I love a good "R" rated movie, but the dude didn't want to be in an R movie – it's called a contract. They didn't need chuck in it, but they wanted chuck in it, so Pg-13 is what you get.
F-ing moron blogger, three paragraphs of nonsense doesn't make you news worthy.
Attention journalism school – you forgot to teach this guy.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:48PM
sorry but he make show much a movie…….suck it up , get over it and get paid …..mr infomercial……THAT IS TRULY SAD……sorry but man my opinion is can Chuck cry….any louder….get over yourself,god.