Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who were bitter competitors throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Hollywood golden age, reminisced about their competitive history and provided insights into their transformation from rivals to close friends in a broadcast interview with TMZ on Tuesday. “TMZ Presents: Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons” was an hour-long primetime show that broadcast on FOX at 8 p.m. ET. Harvey Levin moderated the discussion.
Schwarzenegger chuckled as he thought back on their fierce competition and the absurd lengths they went to in order to surpass one another, even joking around with on-screen body counts and body fat percentages. The rivalry intensified as their careers reached their zenith, and Schwarzenegger acknowledged using strategies to obstruct Stallone’s upward trajectory.
Most notably, he set up Stallone’s role in the mediocre movie “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot,” which he believed would level the playing field in their battle.
Schwarzenegger saw Stallone falter as a chance to advance in the competitive Hollywood industry. Even though reviews for Stallone’s comedic crossover effort were divided, the icons of the era acknowledged their influence on action movies, pointing out how the genre progressed from straightforward car chases to intricate action-packed stories.
Stallone and Schwarzenegger highlighted the transition from lone action heroes to ensemble casts that now rule the genre when talking about their Hollywood legacies. Bruce Willis was selected by Stallone as a modern star and Clint Eastwood by Schwarzenegger as their imagined action movie Mount Rushmore’s forerunners.
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