They hated each other. Now they love each other.
That’s the story that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone told during an interview tonight The Graham Norton Show.
The two action stars frequently took shots at each other in the press, to the point where Stallone said that “even our DNA hated each other.”
It ended in the late 1990s. After both investing in the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, the two traveled together to various openings. This brought them together and since then they have become close friends, often collaborating on projects.
Before that, it got intense.
“We were film competitors, but we took the competition to the extreme – we all had to have the best bodies, we had to kill more people in our films and we had to have the biggest guns,” recalls Schwarzenegger. “Things got out of control and we tried to throw each other off.”
The Planet Hollywood connection changed that, and the two began a string of partner films, with Schwarzenegger appearing in Stallone’s 2013 action thriller. escape plan and this Consumables Franchise. “He’s a great person and we’re inseparable now,” Schwarzenegger said.
What caused the previous hatred? It goes back to the 1977 Golden Globes, where they sat at the same table. Stallone lost in five of the six nominated categories, while Schwarzenegger won the New Star Award.
Stallone claimed that Schwarzenegger laughed at his losses, prompting Stallone to throw a bowl of flowers at him Rocky finally won Best Film – Drama.
The two then opened fire continuously. They would get bigger guns, shoot more people and generally try to outwit the other person in their role.
Schwarnezenegger touched a nerve when he claimed that Stallone used body doubles in some of his films. This led many to believe so in 1985 Rocky IVVillainous antagonist Ivan Drago had an unidentifiable accent, which many interpreted as an attack on Schwarzenegger.
But now everything is fine. Stallone even attended Schwarzenegger’s inauguration as governor of California. And he finally pays tribute to his once-hated acting rival.
Stallone praised Schwarzenegger in an interview in June. “He just had all the answers. He had the body. He had the power. That was his character.”
Source: Deadline
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