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Joe Carnahan's A-Team is currently filming in Vancouver, with Liam Neeson behind the cigar as Hannibal Smith and Bradley Cooper in the Corvette as Templeton "Faceman" Peck.

No word yet on a howlin' mad Murdoch, but The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the newest set arrival is Ultimate Fighting champion Rampage Jackson, donning Mr T's bling as Bosco "B. A." Baracus.

Casting rumours around the role have been rife, with Ving Rhames, Common and The Game all at one time or another said to be in the running. But Jackson's name was being touted as early as when John Singleton was attached to direct.

A mixed martial artist, Rampage (real name Quinton Ramone Jackson) is a former holder of the UFC's light-heavyweight title and is set to be a coach on the tenth season of reality show The Ultimate Fighter. He was to fight Rashad Evans at a UFC event in December, but has apparently had to pull out, due to his filming schedule (reports that it was because he wasn't getting on no damn plane have proved groundless).

As an actor, he's had bit parts in Confessions of a Pit Fighter and The Midnight Meat Train, which coincidentally starred Bradley Cooper.