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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have been age-old rivals. Sylvester Stallone revealed his age-old rivalry with the actor has been still alive between the two even after all these years.
TheRocky Balboaactor mega-trolled Arnold Schwarzenegger onThe Jonathan Ross Showfor his role in a movie that was a box-office failure.
Sylvester Stallone And His Frenemy Arnold Schwarzenegger
In 1992, Sylvester Stallone starred in a box-office failure titledStop! Or my Mom Will Shoot.The film featured Sgt. Joe breaks up with his girlfriend after which her mom comes to visit the house and interferes and messes up his life. Although the film was a massive failure, Sylvester Stallone had a comeback for his then-rival Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Sylvester Stallone came onThe Jonathan Ross Showwherein he commented about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie that featured him as a pregnant person. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a 1994 film titledJunior.The film featured Schwarzenegger’s character being pregnant due to a drug test that he did on himself.
Stallone regretted his role inStop! Or My Mom Will Shootbut he took a dig at his frenemy during the talk show.
“I got it and I said, ‘What a piece of s*** this is.’ He goes, ‘Ha ha ha!’. At least I wasn’t pregnant in a film Arnold. We’re even,”
The actor revealed that their rivalry has been buried in the past but still, the duo like to banter around and have fun. Stallone reveals how they both would cancel each other from getting movies.
“He’s quite clever. He goes around town saying, ‘I can’t wait to do this film…’ I go to my agent, ‘Get that thing away from him. Get people options on me.’
The duo was involved in much rivalry during the early era of Hollywood and would get jealous if the other would have a much more successful film than the other.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger And Sylvester Stallone Have Buried Their Past
TheTerminatoractor stated that during the early days when their rivalry was at its peak, they used to pull pranks on each other.
“In those days we did all kinds of crazy things to get ahead in our rivalry. Luckily for us and everyone else, today, we root for each other.”
Arnold SchwarzeneggerandSylvester Stallonelater went on to star inThe Expendablesfranchise which earned billions at the box office. Sylvester Stallone is reported to star inThe Expendables 4which is currently in production and is slated for a release date on 22nd September 2023.
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Source:Evening Standard
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