Sylvester Stallone slams the co-star of "Rocky" to have gone "behind his back"

The actor who gave life to Rocky Balboa is not happy with the plans of a new derivative film.


They fought in the ring and now they take him on social networks. July 31,Rocky star and writerSylvester Stallone Instagram posts now shared deleted in which he called the producers of the franchise and his franchise co-starDolph Lundgren Compared to a new reported spin-off film titledDrago. Lundgren was presented as Ivan Draco inRocky IV and resumed the role in 2018CREDO II. The two actors also appeared together inThe Expendables franchise.

In his Instagram messages, Stallone complained of not having been informed of theDrago Film and accused Lundgren of going "behind his back" to work there. Lundgren responded in his own position, trying to clarify the situation. Read the rest to see what happened and why Stallone is so upset by the state ofRocky franchise.

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Stallone was unleashed atRocky producers.

Sylvester Stallone at the 2016 Oscars
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As indicated byEntertainment tonight,,Stallone recently published a photo On Instagram of himself in character like Rocky Balboa, with the producerIrwin Winkler, whose image has been modified to include vampire fangs and blood. The 76 -year -old actor wrote in the legend: "After irwin Winkler and his family sucked Rocky Dry! Presumed to be the most hated producer, without talent and the most decreed, the producer in Hollywood and his loose children have Find their next meal ... Draco? "

He continued: "Throughout history, so many artists in all industries, recording, painting writing, you name it, it was destroyed by these blood lollipops that destroyed so many families, lining Their pockets with other people worked victims. "

Winkler, ninety-one, has produced many popular films, including allRocky movies,Furious bull,,Goodfellas, andIrishman. AccordingVanity, although Stallone has createdRocky and wrote and made many franchise films, hehas not retained the rights to the character.

Stallone also blamed Lundgren.

Dolph Lundgren at the European premiere of
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In another post,Stallone called Lundgren For its involvement in the planned spin-off. He wrote, according toAND"" By the way, I only had respect for Dolph but he never told me what was going on behind my back with the character I created for him !!! Real friends are more precious than gold. ""

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Lundgren told fans that he was in contact with Stallone about the drama.

Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone at a screening of
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July 31,Lundgren responded to the accusation of Stallone With its own Instagram publication. In addition to a photo of himself and his co-star, he wrote: "Just to set the record straight concerning a possible Draco spin-off. There is no approved script, no Transactions in place, no director and I personally have the impression that my friend Sly Stallone was involved as a producer or even as an actor. There was a press leak last week which was unhappy. In contact With Mr. Balboa - Just so that all fans can relax ... That's it. "

The news of the drago spin-off has just broken.

Florian Munteanu and Dolph Lundgren at the premiere of
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The news of a Draco spin-off being in progress have become public on July 28. The Wrap reported thatThe film would be a spin-off of theCreed franchise, which is already a continuation ofRockyUniverse focused on Apollo Creed (Weathers Carl) Son, Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan). Stallone played the role of Rocky in bothCreedandCREDO II, and was nominated for a best actor in Oscar support for his work in the first film.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

According to the package, the details of the layout forDrago are kept secret, but the film would focus on Ivan Draco (Lundgren) and his son, Viktor Draco (Florian Munteanu), which was presented inCREDO II.

A thirdCreed The film is also on the way. He should go out in theaters in March 2023.

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Stallone publicly called Winkler so as not to share the rights of the character.

Sylvester Stallone at the Broadway
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As the Wrap reported, Stallone also spoke of Winkler and his family earlier in July.

"After Irwin has checked` Rocky '' for over 47 years, and now "Creed", I would really like to have at least what remains of my rights, before transmitting it to your children only ", Written Stallone in another Instagram deleted. "I think it would be a just gesture of this 93 -year -old gentleman? It's a painful subject that eats in my soul, because I wanted to leave something "Rocky" for my children, but it's always great to hear the faithful fans ... Continue to hit. "The best life could not reach Winkler to comment.


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