The trailer was made before I’ve even started working on the actual edit. At that stage not everything was planned. “Red Heat” material was considered as Uncle Bear’s backstory, then I watched Red Heat first time in ten years and eventually decided I will use “Commando” material instead.
Ah, makes sense. I do wish that you would’ve included both sources–I feel like having Arnie play an evil Russian commando in Vietnam would both be funny and make sense, given what happens in the real movie.