You can’t really replace a legend, but the  new A-Team film is trying. 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 it has been announced that B.A Baracus will be played by Ultimate Fighting champion Rampage Jackson.

Casting rumours around the role have been rife, with Ving Rhames, Ice Cube 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.

“Rampage” better known to his friends and family as Quinton Ramone Jackson is a mixed martial artist and a former holder of the UFC’s light-heavyweight title. He is even 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.

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

Last December he was arrested for reckless driving, property damage and hit-and-run, having been chased by the police driving his Ford F-350 (which has a painting of himself on the side) on the wrong side of the road. When the tyres blew he continued to drive on the rims.