The actors of the movie “Escape Plan” are Hollywood celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A similar cast is already an occasion to watch a movie at least once. What is it about in the picture, who are the stars of Hollywood playing in it?
Actors “Escape Plan”: Sylvester Stallone as Ray Breslin
The hero Sylvester Stallone has an unusual profession: he escapes from prisons for money. More specifically, Ray Breslin works at a security agency and helps test the level of prison protection. This person has a rare talent to analyze and think logically, therefore there is no prison from which he could not get out.
One day Ray receives a tempting offer from CIA agents. They offer a man to test a secret prison, which contains the most dangerous criminals in the world. The terms of the contract are very strict: Breslin is introduced into the society of prisoners of the "Tomb" and left in his own care. If Ray cannot escape, then he will have to stay there and serve a real term. Breslin agrees, because he is confident in his abilities. But he does not even suspect what this experiment will result in. Here is such an intrigue at the very beginning of the film, the actors spin on the screen.
The “Escape Plan” provided an opportunity for Sylvester Stallone to play an unusual role: usually the actor plays characters that differ in outstanding physical characteristics, but not mental. Everyone remembers the films with his participation “Rambo”, “Rocky” and “The Expendables”. And here suddenly Stallone got an intellectual hero! It is all the more interesting to observe the behavior of the actor in the frame.
"Escape Plan": actors and roles. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Emil Rottmeyer
Emil Rottmeyer is one of the prisoners in a formidable prison called the Tomb. He was once the personal bodyguard of a very famous swindler. In fact, Emil did not commit any crimes, but he will be kept in prison until he surrenders his boss to the authorities.
In the film “Escape Plan”, actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone first meet in the frame in the scenery of the prison yard. Ray Breslin is attacked by a local Muslim group, and Emil saves him from battle. Friendship is established between men, Emil offers Ray his help. Then Breslin voices a strange request: he offers to stage a fight so that they are both sent to an isolation ward. Rottmeier soon realized that his friend was planning an escape, and undertook to help him.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very famous personality in the cinema: he has played in such cult films as “The Terminator”, “Conan the Barbarian”, “Remember Everything” and “Batman and Robin”. Schwarzenegger also managed to visit the 38th governor of California.
James Cavizel as Willard Hobbs
Supporting roles in the film were played by no less famous actors. “Escape Plan” is a film in the cast of which James Cavizell, better known for the role of Jesus in the controversial picture of Mel Gibson called “The Passion of Christ.” A funny story is connected with the casting for this film: it turns out that when James Cavizel passed the tests, he was sure that he would act in a sports film dedicated to windsurfing. When they called him and informed him that he was going to play Christ, the actor was not at a loss and accepted this offer.
In the film “Escape Plan”, Cavizel got the role of the head of the “Tomb” prison - a rare sadist and entomologist concurrently. Hobbs is a cruel man who, for his own purposes, is prepared to subject prisoners to sophisticated torture. For example, trying to get information from Breslin, he orders the guards to systematically beat him.
Winnie Jones as Drake
Other famous Hollywood actors appeared in the film. “Escape Plan”, for example, was another picture in the filmography of Vinnie Jones.
In school, Winnie, a native of the UK, was seriously fond of football. Jones later joined the Hertfordshire County team. From 1991 to 1992, Winnie Jones even played on the Chelsea team. Jones was notable for his tough style of play and was often removed from the field for breaking the rules.
Guy Ritchie alone knows why he suddenly wanted to take on the role of the London bandit athlete Vinnie Jones. Be that as it may, in 1999 he made his debut in his film "Cards, Money, Two Trunks." Then there was The Big Jackpot with Jason State, Gone in 60 Seconds with Nicholas Cage, and The Swordfish Password Password with Hugh Jackman.
Vinnie Jones continues to act today. In 2015, the films “Arrow” and “Galavant” were released on the screens with his participation.
Other role performers
In the film "Escape Plan" actors Amy Ryan and Curtis Jackson play colleagues Ray Breslin.
Curtis Jackson is also known as rapper “50 Cent.” Jackson began acting in films in 2005, making his debut in the crime drama Get Rich or Die.
Amy Ryan is known to viewers for the films "Spy Bridge", "Birdman" and "Substitution." The role of Chef Ray Breslin went to actor Vincent D'Onofrio (The Magnificent Seven, Jurassic World).