For fans of the “Terminator” franchise, the second film in the series is widely considered to be the best, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killing-machine cyborg is programmed to protect John Connor, not kill him.
22.06.2023 - 16:11 / foxnews.com
Sylvester Stallone put himself through an intense diet and exercise routine ahead of filming "Rocky III" in the 1980s. Stallone recalled what he ate and drank to keep his body fat down to 2.8% as he prepared to portray Rocky Balboa fighting James "Clubber" Lang, played by Mr.T. "My entire breakfast would be maybe two [small] oatmeal cookies made with brown rice and 10 cups of coffee because I wanted to keep my body fat down to 2.8 percent," Stallone told The Wall Street Journal.
"I was forgetting my phone number. I was eating just tuna fish. My memory was shot, it was completely gone," the actor added.
"I was getting all kinds of debilitating physical effects. But it was for the cause." These days, the 76-year-old actor focuses more on lower impact workouts. "I’ve gone from lifting regular weights to mostly bands, cables.
It’s kind of like physical therapy," he told the outlet. "So, you’re using the bar, you’re using different motions and keeping those joints moving all the time." Over the years, Stallone has had "five back operations, two shoulders, three neck fusions, both knees," he revealed, before adding, "I’m bionic." Stallone has also cut down on the amount of coffee he drinks. Stallone's latest project is not as intense as he and his family star in their own Paramount+ show, "The Family Stallone." The reality show was released on May 17, just months after Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin almost divorced.
The couple met in 1988 and married in London in 1997. Flavin filed for divorce in August 2022. She accused Stallone of engaging in the "intentional dissipation, depletion and/or waste of marital assets which has had an adverse economic impact on the marital estate" in paperwork filed on Aug.
For fans of the “Terminator” franchise, the second film in the series is widely considered to be the best, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killing-machine cyborg is programmed to protect John Connor, not kill him.
Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted a bloodier and deadlier Terminator 2: Judgment Day but James Cameron shot him down.
“The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage” (Crown, out now).The mishap left a slight droop on the left side of his face, and caused the trademark speech impediment the actor would later compare to the “guttural echoing of a mafioso pallbearer.”Stallone was taunted at school with nicknames like “Slant Mouth,” “Sylvia” and “Mr. Potato Head,” and later told reporters that his speech and appearance had left him “like a poster boy for a nightmare.”Life wasn’t made easier by a physically abusive father who beat him and his brother Frank Jr.
Sylvester Stallone has given fans a fun look at his family life in his new reality series,, but the legendary actor is taking a more somber look back at his career and legacy in an upcoming Netflix documentary, simply titled .The streaming service shared the first teaser for the upcoming doc, from director Thom Zimny, on Friday, giving intimate insight into the action icon's private life and personal musings.«Hell yeah, I have regrets,» Stallone says in voiceover. «What is healthier: to live under the illusion that you could have been great, or actually have an opportunity to be great and then you blow it?»«Filmmaking comes at a great price,» he adds, over shots with wife Jennifer Flavin and their daughters, Sistine, Scarlet and Sophia.
Sylvester Stallone is getting his own Netflix documentary. The project is called “Sly” and will be a retropective on his career, exploring his youth, his beginnings, and the films that made him into a historic action star and one of Hollywood’s biggest icons. Adele had one demand when buying Sylvester Stallone’s houseSylvester Stallone’s daughters reveal he makes dating ‘impossible’Sylvester Stallone details first time meeting Jennifer Flavin: ‘We were inseparable’A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)Stallone shared the news on his social media.
Back in April, Stallone’s Balboa Productions signed a film and TV first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Under the agreement, the legendary filmmaker will write, produce and star in scripted and unscripted projects intended for Prime Video.Founded in 2018 by Stallone and Braden Aftergood, Balbloa Productions’ recent releases include the superhero actioner “Samaritan” (an intended-for-theaters feature that ended up premiering on Prime Video) and the mob comedy “Tulsa King” which has been relatively popular on Paramount+.Stallone currently has a reality series about his family for Paramount+ and “The Expendables 4” for Lionsgate’s theatrical division.
Angelique Jackson Sylvester Stallone’s life and career is getting the retrospective treatment courtesy of the Netflix documentary “Sly,” which chronicles the highs and lows of his near 50-year Hollywood career. “Do I have regrets?” Stallone asks in a teaser that dropped on Friday. “Hell yeah, I have regrets.” “Sly” is directed by Thom Zimny (“Springsteen on Broadway”) and produced by Sean Stuart, with the documentary to begin streaming in November. The official logline explains what’s to come: “For nearly 50 years, Sylvester Stallone has entertained millions with iconic characters and blockbuster franchises, from ‘Rocky’ to ‘Rambo’ to ‘The Expendables.’ This retrospective documentary offers an intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor-writer-director-producer, paralleling his inspirational underdog-story with the indelible characters he has brought to life.”
Sylvester Stallone is an interesting figure if you think of the totality of his career. Sure, the easy version is the guy who was an action star for decades and appeared in movies that essentially blew things up or solved all problems with a punch to the face.
Sylvester Stallone has revealed that Adele was so intent on keeping the acting star’s Rocky statue when buying his home, that she was willing to walk away from the deal altogether.The British singer bought the actor’s Los Angeles mansion last year for a reported $58million (£45million), which features a statue of Stallone’s iconic character from the boxing franchise overlooking the pool.In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, Stallone revealed that he originally wanted to take the statue with him when he moved.But the ‘Easy On Me’ singer apparently told Stallone: “That’s a no deal. That’s gonna blow the whole deal.”The actor eventually let the singer keep the statue, sharing: “I like what she’s doing, she’s making it gorgeous.”Adele is now completely renovating the LA house, according to TMZ.Stallone created and starred in the 1976 film Rocky, which was followed by six more instalments: Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990), and Rocky Balboa (2006).
Before Adele purchased Sylvester Stallone’s Los Angeles mansion last year, she had one stipulation — the Rocky statue must stay.
buy his plush California mansion.Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, the actor, 76, said the 16-time Grammy winner signed on the dotted line for the luxe $58 million estate after Stallone complied with her request to leave the poolside statue of the fictional boxer — despite his initial intention to take it.“She said, ‘That’s a no deal. That’s gonna blow the whole deal,'” he recalled.
interview with the “Wall Street Journal” released Monday. The sale did indeed go through last year, per the L.A. Times, and she’s presumably staring into the Italian Stallion’s bronze eyes at this very moment.“I like what she’s doing,” Stallone added of the singer’s renovations to his former home.
Adele is seemingly a huge Rocky fan and when she recently made an offer to buy Sylvester Stallone’s mansion, she made it contingent that she keep the poolside statue of the fictional boxer.
Adele is currently renovating her Los Angeles home, which used to belong to Sylvester Stallone. When speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Stallone revealed that Adele had one demand before completing the purchase.Sylvester Stallone details first time meeting Jennifer Flavin: ‘We were inseparable’Sylvester Stallone’s daughters reveal he makes dating ‘impossible’Adele cries and sings in James Corden’s last Carpool KaraokeA post shared by Adele (@adele)Stallone claims Adele wanted to keep the Rocky Balboa statue that he had installed. He revealed that he initially wanted to keep the statue for himself.
Adele would only buy Sylvester Stallone‘s mansion under one condition.
Adele keeping the iconic Rocky statue near the pool at the mansion she recently bought from Sylvester Stallone, it turns out the statue was actually a dealbreaker when it came to getting the house in the first place.The action star recently opened up to for an installment in their «My Monday Morning» series, and reflected on selling the property, located in Beverly Park in Los Angeles, on a 3.6 acre lot featuring scenic views.When asked about why he didn't want to take the statue — which depicts his iconic character, boxer Rocky Balboa — with him when he moved, Stallone admitted, «I did!» But Adele wasn't having it.«But she said, 'That’s a no deal. That’s gonna blow the whole deal,' Stallone recalled.
Sylvester Stallone was swiftly silenced by Michael Caine on setStallone said: "At 6 feet 7 and 295 pounds with 24-inch biceps! He was an amazing athlete! Incredibly powerful. I remember a violent move where he threw me into the corner, charged across the ring like an ENRAGED bull and leaped so amazingly high above me that his shin-bone actually came down (like a) giant tree on my collarbone, and I tumbled to the floor. "I was afraid to look at my shoulder for about 10 minutes.
Netflix documentary “Arnold,” in which he admitted that the Austrian-American actor is the better action star between the one-time rivals.“The ’80s was a very interesting time because the definitive ‘action guy’ had not really been formed yet,” Stallone explained.“Up until that time, action was a car chase like ‘Bullitt’ or ‘The French Connection,’ and a film all about intellect and innuendo and verbal this and verbal that,” he recalled.Stallone then admitted that Schwarzenegger, 75, was a pioneer of the fist-pumping genre, noting that “dialogue was not necessary” in order to tell a story. “You actually relied upon your body to tell the story,” the “First Blood” actor said, before calling him the higher-caliber artist of the two.
Sylvester Stallone is taking a trip down memory lane and pulling the curtain back on his film rivalry with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sylvester Stallone has crowned Arnold Schwarzenegger the “superior” action star, less than a year after openly admitting the two actors loathed each other throughout the 1980s as Hollywood pit their acting careers against one another. In Schwarzenegger’s recently released Netflix documentary “Arnold,” Stallone says there’s no question that Schwarzenegger was the more ideal action hero. “The ’80s was a very interesting time because the definitive ‘action guy’ had not really been formed yet,” Stallone said (via IndieWire). “Up until that time, action was a car chase like ‘Bullitt’ or ‘The French Connection.’ A film all about intellect and innuendo and verbal this and verbal that.”