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AS Rambo he always liked to draw First Blood.
And Sylvester Stallone channelled his famous character as he launched an astonishing attack on fellow ageing action man Bruce Willis.Moments after announcing the “Die Hard” favourite was being replaced by Harrison Ford in the third film in his “Expendables” franchise the 67-year-old branded his former colleague “greedy”, “lazy” and a “failure”.

It would have been a surprise for fans of the series, as Bruce appeared in both the previous films as “Mr Church”, a CIA agent who would pay the film’s eponymous band of mercenaries to carry out dangerous missions.

Sylvester’s announcement on Twitter initially seemed upbeat, as he said: “WILLIS OUT. . . HARRISON FORD IN !!!! GREAT NEWS !!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!’
However, it seems there is more to the casting change than meets the eyes, as moments later he wrote: “GREEDY AND LAZY . . . A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE.’

A spokesman for Stallone, who created the franchise, confirmed the actor had been talking about his old colleague and rival, but refused to comment further.
Bruce (58) has yet to respond to his old boss’ online caning, though he has never been afraid to give forthright opinions in the past.

He openly mocked the title of “A Good Day to Die Hard” when he was promoting the film in the UK last year, and is an avid supporter of gun rights, previously saying: “If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who have guns are the bad guys.” The outbreak of handbags drew away attention from the fact yet another ageing action movie icon had signed up to appear in “The Expendables”.

Harrison is one of the première icons of the 70s and 80s after starring in the likes of “Star Wars”, “Indiana Jones” and “Blade Runner”.
With studio bosses eager to cash in on the success of the last two films, production on “The Expendables 3” is set to begin this month for a 2014 release.

Jackie Chan, Wesley Snipes and Milla Jovovich are slated to join, while “Lethal Weapon” star Mel Gibson has also been tipped for a role. — Daily Mail.