What started out as a rumour on an MMA fan blog, has spiraled into some resemblance of fact as the coveted role of Sgt Bosco A Baracus for the new A-Team film adaptation has been handed to MMA meatball Rampage Jackson.
According to The Vancouver Sun, MMA fighter Mr. Jackson (”Rampage” to his friends), met with producers to discuss the role on August 19th and then arrived in Vancouver last Friday to begin six weeks of filming.
I refused to believe this news as the full cast has yet to be chosen, and the site was reporting that he was already on set filming. Furthermore, the site was quoting that was also saying that because of this filming, he would be missing out on a December UFC card. 4 months of filming? Sounds off to me.
But this news is circulating the net like pictures of a pantyless Britney Spears. Could it be fact?
Could they have given an role to a non actor? I hope against hope that they haven’t.
Sure, Rampage looks the part. But so could Michael Clarke Duncan, or Tyrese Gibson. I know a lot of people will speculate that Mr T wasn’t exactly a master thespian either, but I was hoping that this adaptation would be more serious than the campy television series.
This dampens some of my hopes for the film but then I remember that Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper are attached.
Maybe this plan will come together.
