I'm sure that Russell could get roles on the order of other guys from the Expendables post-Expendables anytime he wanted to. . .but in fairness, Jet Li does have a much better rep than most of the other guys in that movie. My point was that Expendables didn't change things much for anyone involved. Lundgren had reasonably steady DTV work leading up to Expendables and still has that.
Lost respect for a guy that doesn't want to live in the past? I'm sure he would take the paycheck if it suited his mood at a given time, but by and large he's making great critically acclaimed movies nowadays that he couldn't get away with when he was originally a star (see the Razor's Edge). Whatever you think about him, he had a terrific career revival. I would like to see something similar from Russell.He agrees to the crap that is Garfield, (one of the worst movies I have ever seen, worst than The Mask 2) but he won't do Ghostbusters 3.
Even if the script sucks I wanted to see Ghostbusters 3. The guy says yes to crap like Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties and Osmosis Jones
but he is too good for Ghostbusters 3? I lost all respect for him.