Since the eighties, Sylvester Stallone has become all A legend of action cinema. Together with Arnold Schwartzenegger and other actors of his time, the interpreter has left his mark on several generations of spectators. However, performing the action scenes has caused the occasional disgust. As he revealed in a Netflix documentary, the filming of ‘Rocky IV’ was so rugged that he was on the verge of death.
Dolph Lundgren, another of the stars of the film, hit him a punch so strong that he left him completely knocked out: “He pulverized me”the veteran actor has recognized. It happened when they were recording one of the fighting sequences between their respective characters, Ivan Drago and Rocky Balboa.
From the filming set to intensive care
Stallone was evacuated in ambulance from the Vancouver British Columbia study to a Santa Mónica hospital in California. “Later, that same night, My heart began to swell, something that happens when the heart touches the chest. My blood pressure rose to 260. I thought I was going to talk to Los Angeles, “he shared.” The next thing I remember was in intensive care surrounded by nuns. I thought: ‘Okay, this is all.’ ”
Sylvester Stallone has had to undergo multiple operations. In ‘Los Mercenarios’ a total of seven times had to be intervened: I never recovered from’ the mercenaries 1 ′. After that movie, I never physically being physically. I have warned people: don’t make your own action scenes. “
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