How Sylvester Stallone had Richard Gere drawn from the film in the middle of the quarrel

The two actors clashed on the set of a 1974 film, before being major stars.


There are a lot of Hollywood stars tales that do not get along while working on films, but they generally continue to finish the project together, if not entirely happy. Not the case with Sylvester Stallone And Richard Gere . Back in the 1970s, before one or the other was the main film star he had become, Gere was dismissed from a film because of his quarrel with Stallone, one of his Co-stars. The incident that sealed the agreement? Gere obtained chicken fat on Stallone pants.

But while the AT-ODDS actors were spared to pass the rest of the shooting together, their quarrel continued and it was not the last time they crossed. Read the rest to find out more about the dramatic saga, which includes the overturned lunch, Princess Diana , a certain rumor involving a gerbil.

In relation: Kathleen Turner says that Burt Reynolds's sexist commentary started the 30 -year -old quarrel .

Gere and Stallone were thrown into the same 1974 film.

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Gere and Stallone were one of the young actors hired to The lords of Flatbush , a 1974 film on adolescents in Brooklyn, New York in the 1950s. Stallone was 27 years old when the film was released, while Gere was 24 years old. The lords of Flatbush was one of the leading features for Stallone - Rocky was released two years later. And, if he had stayed in the film, it would have been the first role of feature film by Gere - his big break came a few years later in the 1977s Looking for Mr. Goodbar .

In relation: Marilyn Monroe and Joan Crawford argued in the press on a provocative dress .

Gere was dismissed on their quarrel.

Richard Gere at a party in London in 1973
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In 2006, Stallone answered several questions from the fans Because the site is not a new cool. Asked to share an anecdote of The lords of Flatbush , THE Creed Star explained why Gere was dismissed and replaced by King Perry . Stallone said that he and Gere "never strike him" and that the youngest actor "was strolling in his oversized motorcycle jacket as if he were the nastiest knight at the round table". AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

He continued by saying that he and Gere took things too far during a combat scene, but that the final straw occurred during a lunch break one day.

"[We] repeated to Coney Island and it was lunch time, so we decided to take a break, and the only place that was hot was at the back of a Toyota. I was eating a hot dog And it climbs with a half-noise covered with mustard of fat flowing almost aluminum packaging, "recalls Stallone. The actor said to Gere:" If it goes on my pants, you know it. "Well Sure, that's exactly what happened.

"He begins to bite into the chicken and a small fatty river of mustard on my thigh," continued 77 years. “I ignited it on the side of the head and I mainly pushed it out of the car. The director had to make a choice: one of us had to go there, one of us had to stay. Richard received his walking papers and that the day does not seriously hate me. ""

They would have been disputed on Princess Diana for years later.

Princess Diana arriving to the National Portrait Gallery in London in 1995
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Gere and Stallone had another pace of years later, at least according to Elton John . In its 2019 memories, Me ,, John said Gere and Stallone argued And almost a physical fight at a party he organized, which Princess Diana also attended.

"Immediately, Richard Gere and Diana seemed very taken with each other," wrote John. "She was separated from Prince Charles At this stage, and Richard had just broken up with Cindy Crawford , and they ended up sitting on the ground in front of the fireplace together, locked in a delighted conversation. ""

Later, John wrote her husband David Meubler Saw Gere and Stallone almost blow. The musician said that he thought Stallone had presented himself "with the express intention of picking up Diana, only to find his plans for the evening in unexpected ruin". John said that he and Funish showed Stallone at the door, when he said: "I would never have come ... if I had known the charming prince was going to be there ... if I dedicated it, I would have taken it! "

Stallone denied history When a fan asked questions about his Instagram. "Total BS to sell books," said Stallone about John's complaint, as indicated by US Weekly . "Total garbage."

They would also have faced the former Gere wife.

Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere at the Tibet Film Festival in New York City in 1991
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In December 1994, after three years of marriage, TAE AND Crawford to separate. Weekly entertainment reported that just before the news of their separation of becoming public, Green accused Stallone to hit Crawford. THE Ambo Star said: "It was the weird thing I have ever known."

Crawford said Publication in the United Kingdom People In 1998, "it was after Richard and I separated. Stallone may have said something to provoke Richard."

In relation: Steven Seagal is "ridiculous in real life," said Co-Star Brian Cox .

And then there is the rumor of Gerbil ...

Richard Gere at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards
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A completely underestimated rumor that Gere once had a gerbille remained inside his rectum and had to go to the hospital to withdraw it started to circulate decades ago. According to Snopes, it is an urban legend that existed outside of its connection to the actor.

In 2008, Manage Metro , "I stopped reading the press a long time ago. Many crazy things first flew over me, especially tabloids. There is a sadly famous" Gere has stuck a hamster in its "urban myth."

Provising how long their quarrel has persisted, Stallone told a new cool that he thinks that Gere believes that he started. "He even thinks that I am the individual responsible for the rumor of Gerbil," said the actor. "Not true ... but it's rumor."

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