posted by Jay Cochran in movies at 04:44 PM on 2007.05.16
Actor THOMAS JANE has withdrawn from the upcoming sequel to his 2004 hit The Punisher, insisting the decision was "heartbreaking".
The 38-year-old hasn't revealed his reason for leaving the follow-up, but it is reportedly because of a weak script.
He tells website Ain't It Cool News, "I can't tell you how completely broken up I am about it.
"After busting my ass at the gym four days a week for almost two years, watching every character driven action pic that any fan would ask me to watch while I was standing in line buying egg whites and Tuna fish after countless Saturday nights making notes and drinking soda water and munching on seaweed sticks...
"I am sadly - no, make that heartbrokenly, f**k it, just rip out the heart and stomp it into the pavement a couple of times - pulling out.
"Punisher fans are already fighting an uphill battle as it is. And I've always felt a responsibility to fight that fight for them and with them so that Frank Castle gets the treatment he deserves.
"What I won't do is spend months of my life sweating over a movie that I just don't believe in."
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