Brittany Murphy and David Zayas have joined the cast of The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s action-adventure being produced by Nu Image/Millennium Films, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The film, which stars Stallone, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, Charisma Carpenter and Giselle Itie, follows a team of mercenaries who head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.
Murphy will play Rourke’s girlfriend, a singer. The part calls for her to perform a musical number. Zayas will play the dictator.
Stallone wrote the screenplay and is directing the film, which began production this week in Brazil. The production also will film in Louisiana.
