Sylvester Stallone only took on the role of flop to annoy his rival Arnold Schwarzenegger

He played in Stop! Or my mother will shoot because of their quarrel.


Through Sylvester Stallone's A 50 -year career, a film stands out like a big misstep. The 1992 film Stop! Or my mother will shoot deceived the two audiences who sat through the comedy of cop without a amusing and Stallone himself, who says he was deceived in the stinker by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger . Read the rest to know how the action features long -standing rivalry brought to Rocky Star making the greatest error in his career.

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They were rivals.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone in 1990
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At the time when their biceps were as large as their box office numbers, Stallone and Schwarzenegger were locked in a hateful quarrel. "We could not bear to be in the same galaxy together for a while," recalls Stallone The Johnathan Ross show In 2022, by Business Insider. "We really, really to hate oneself . ""

Depending on the deadline, the confrontation between macho men Dated the Golden Globes of 1977 , where they were sitting at the same table as Stallone lost in five categories. When Schwarzenegger won the New Star Award, he would have laughed at the Italian stallion, which in turn threw him a bowl of flowers when Rocky Won for the best film - Drama.

Eight years later, Schwarzenegger makes a shocking allegation : "I would be angry to hear my name mentioned in the same breath as Stallone," he said World news , as mentioned in Vulture. "Stallone uses doubles for some close -ups of her films. I don't do it."

Many have hypothesized that the villain strangely accentuated Ivan Draco ( Dolph Lundgren ) subsequent publication Rocky IV was a excavation in Schwarzenegger. The two continued to collapse in the film and in the press, including the assertion of Schwarzenegger according to which he had an affair with Brigitte Nielsen Before she is with Stallone, and my little stages Twins (1988) And Tango and species (1989) .

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Stallone played the role of comedy because he heard that Schwarzenegger wanted it.

Talk to The Hollywood Reporter In 2022, Stallone admitted that the rivalry had also led him to make a career error When he accepted a role in 1992 Stop! Or my mother will shoot . The film, which features the Ambo actor as a cop who finds an acolyte in his elderly mother ( Estelle Getty of Daddy's Girls Fame), was widely turned by criticism. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Stallone admitted that he knew that comedy was a flop before even going out. "It was supposed to be like Throw mom With mom like this really mean work, "he said." Instead, you hire Hollywood's nicest woman, Estelle Getty, whom you want to be your mother. It's the end of that! "So why did he take him?" I had heard that Schwarzenegger was going to make this film and I said: "I'm going to beat him." I think he installed me, "said the star.

Schwarzenegger had encouraged him to play the role.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1992
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The actor extended how he had been bait in the role The Johnathan Ross show : "It is quite intelligent," said Stallone about Schwarzenegger. "He goes around the city saying:" I can't wait to make this film ... "I go to my agent", keep this thing away from him. ""

The Hollywood Reporter Handed at Schwarzenegger, who confirmed the rumor that he had only been interested Stop! Or my mother will shoot So that Stallone takes it. "It's 100% true" Terminator Star replied. "At that time, we did all kinds of crazy things to move forward in our rivalry."

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The actors are now "inseparable".

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone in 2015
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Surprisingly, Stallone is not bitter to be fooled. In a turn of surprising events, the two septuagenarians have become the best friends. According to Variety , account between them started to improve When they were seen dancing together in Cannes in the early 90s and continued when they joined Bruce Willis To open a restaurant franchise.

"When we both invested in Planet Hollywood, we started flying around the world together to promote it and we has become fantastic friends "" Schwarzenegger told Talk-Show host Graham Norton , as mentioned in Variety . "[Stallone] is a great human being and we are now inseparable."

Stallone even joined Schwarzenegger on the campaign track and attended its 2003 inauguration as governor of California. The two even did Carié together The Expendables in 2010 and co-suffered in 2013 Evacuation plan .

However, while Stallone is nothing more than love for his friend these days, he quickly remembers that Schwarzenegger's career also had his share of Downs, including with a male scientist who gives birth in the turning point in 1994 Ivan Reitman comedy Junior . "At least, I was not pregnant in a film, Arnold," he joked at Business Insider. "We are left."

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