De spreekwoordelijke stront heeft de muur geraakt, de overgebleven cast van de de jaren 80 TV hitserie The A-Team zijn kwaad op Joe Carnahan over de bioscoop versie. Zo hebben Dirk Benedict (Face) en Dwight Schultz (Murdock) een kleine cameo van enkele seconde, en voelen zich nu behoorlijk in hun zak gescheten. Mr.T zag al aankomen dat deze film te gewelddadig zou gaan worden en bedankte voor zijn cameo verschijning. De 58 jarige acteur is zo kwaad dat hij nu zijn beklag in de Engelese krant Sunday Express heeft gedaan.

Want ook al werd er van alles opgeblazen (en aan elkaar gelast en geductaped) en duizenden kogels verschoten, er vielen nooit doden of zwaargewonden. Daarom is Mr.T ook niet zo blij met de nieuwe film.

Man mountain Mr T, who played B.A. Baracus in all 97 episodes of the Eighties hit, said: "They offered me a cameo role but I turned it down because I knew what was coming.

"People die in the film and there's plenty of sex but when we did it no one got hurt and it was all played for fun and family entertainment. These seem to be elements nobody is interested in any more."

Mr T, 58, whose catchphrase "Pity the fool" was mimicked by a generation of young viewers, did attend last week's premiere in LA but afterwards the star, real name Lawrence Tero, said: "It was too graphic for me. I've no doubt it will do big business at the box office but it's nothing like the show we turned out every week."

Original co-star Dirk Benedict, who played Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the Eighties, did take a cameo but rues his decision, saying: "If you blink, you'll miss me. I kind of regret doing it because it's a non-part. They wanted to be able to say 'Oh yeah, the original cast are in it' but we're not. I'm on for a mere three seconds and I find that kind of insulting."

The original cast also included the late George Peppard as John "Hannibal" Smith and Dwight Shultz as "Howling Mad" Murdock. Shultz, 62, also has a cameo but declined to comment.