Present in 3 films of a cult saga! Stallone refused that this actor who died 22 years ago would be replaced for this role oh so emblematic: entertainment

Iconic figure of “Rambo”, Colonel Trautman suddenly disappeared from the saga, for a good reason. In addition, Back on the unforgettable role of Richard Crenna, between the blows of destiny and absolute loyalty.

Richard Crenna has led a long. For example. Therefore. Similarly, eclectic career, going from star of the sitcom the real McCoys to war films such as the Yang-Tse gunboat, also exploring the Hollywood thriller with only night or the French thriller with a cop. However. However. Similarly. Consequently, one of his most memorable roles remains that of Colonel Sam Trautman, mentor of John Rambo, embodied by Sylvester Stallone, in the legendary saga.

As Screenrant reminds us. However, Additionally. However. originally, several actors were expected for the main roles of the first film: Steve McQueen or present 3 films cult saga! new Al Pacino for Rambo, and Kirk Douglas for Trautman. Nevertheless, present 3 films cult saga! Douglas left the present 3 films cult saga! Consequently, project due to disagreements on the script. Nevertheless. However. and it was ultimately Richard Crenna who resumed the role, humanizing a harder character in the novel, where he even ended up killing Rambo.

Crenna made her first appearance in the very first part. Moreover. where her character comes to lend a hand to the police of a small town exceeded by the violence. of the ex-school. In Rambo II: the mission. he visited Rambo in prison to offer him a chance of redemption: return to the field. release prisoners of war in Vietnam. In Rambo III. this time it was Rambo who saves Trautman. captured by the Soviets in Afghanistan and the film ends with the two friends who flee together. But when the present 3 films cult saga! new saga returns to the screens of years later. in 2008, with John Rambo, the colonel present 3 films cult saga! is absent – and his absence is never explicitly present 3 films cult saga! justified.

Implicit farewells. flawless loyalty

Although it briefly appears in flashbacks. the film does not take the time to explain this disappearance but the message is clear. Richard Crenna having died in 2003. five years before the release of the film (which will be dedicated to him). his character is considered disappeared with him. According to Esquire, Stallone himself confirmed this choice: “The character died with Crenna in 2003.“When he was offered to entrust the role to James Brolin, he categorically refused.

James Brolin could then have embodied another character named Ed Bumgardener who existed in a first draft. of John Rambo’s scenario. replacing the role of Colonel Trautman. Bumgardener. present 3 films cult saga! new a mysterious civil servant of a government office. was to warn Rambo for political risks linked to a mission in present 3 films cult saga! Burma, before helping him later organize a rescue. This cynical but honorable character was present 3 films cult saga! finally removed from the film. although some of his dialogues were taken up for another character, the mercenary chief Lewis. Sylvester Stallone had also considered a scene where Rambo visited the tomb of Trautman, but it was never integrated.

Anyway, for Stallone, Crenna was trautman, and one could not exist without the other. Thus, the emblematic character will not appear in the last part, Rambo: Last Blood, in 2019 either.

The first 3 Rambos are to be reviewed on OCS. As for John Rambo, direction Prime Video and Netflix. Finally, for Rambo: Last Blood, the latest opus is available on Video Prime present 3 films cult saga! new as well. Everything is also to be found in VOD.

Posted on August 16, Aude Mackau, Allociné

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