Hollywood action stars and Sylvester Stallone have opened up on an old feud whic♓h they had back in their early days, wh♓ich led to massive rivalry and even hatred between the two, with Stallone saying that even their DNA hated each other.
The ‘Rocky’ and ‘Terminator’ stars are close friends today, but back in the 1980s when the two were dishing out their most iconic action films such as ‘Rambo’ and ‘Predator’, they were 💞excessively hostile against one another taking pot shots at each other in press meetings, and insulting each other on a personal level.
All of 🌜that, however, ended in the late 1990’s as both the action stars having both in the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, found themselves traveling together to various openings.
This ended up bringing the two closer, and soon their hatred dissipated and they became fast f💟riends leading them to🌠 collaborate with each other in various projects such as ‘The Expendables’.
Speaking at 'The Graham Norton Show', the ‘True Lies’ actor said: “We were movie rivals, but we took the competitiveness to the extreme – we each ꧂had to have the best body, we had to ꦕkill more people in our films, and we had to have the biggest guns. It got out of control, and we tried to derail each other,” as reported by Deadline.
This feud dates back to the 1977 Golden Globes, where they were𒁏 seated at the same t🅠able. Stallone lost in five of six nominated categories, while Schwarzenegger won the New Star award.
Stallone claimed that Schwarzenegger laughed at his losses, leading Stallone to throw a bowl of flowers at him when ‘Rocky’ eventually won for Best Motion ☂Picture – Drama.
After that, the two constantly sniped at each other in heated press meetings. They’d get bigger guns, shoot more people, and generally try to out-macho the other guy in t🐻heir roles.
Schwarzenegger then struck a nerve with his rival when he alleg🌱ed that Stallone had used body doubles in a number of his films. That led many to assume that in 1985’s ‘Rocky IV’, the character of Ivan Drago was a subtle dig at Schwarzenegger g𓆉iven the foreign European accent, tall height, and muscular build.
The Planet Hollywood bonding change🌌d that, and the two embarked on a serie𒐪s of buddy movies, with Schwarzenegger joining Stallone’s 2013 action thriller ‘Escape Plan’, and even doing a free special appearance in the first film of the ‘Expendables’ franchise. “He is a great human being, and we are now inseparable,” Schwarzenegger said.
In a June interview, Stallone also praised Schwarzenegger, and said: “He just had all the answers. He had the⛎ body. He had the strength. That was his character.”
