Sylvester Stallone Says His 20-Year Rivalry With Arnold Schwarzenegger Only Ended When He Ran for Governor and Wasn’t ‘Doing Movies Anymore’

Sylvester Stallone is reminiscing about his now-infamous rivalry with fellow action star Arnold Schwarzenegger through the 1980s and 1990s — and why they only laid down the hatchet when the latter ran for governor of California.

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In a recent interview on “The Rest Is Entertainment” podcast, the “Rocky” actor answered whether he felt the competition between the two actors shaped his career and led him to take risks.

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“Yeah, it did,” said Stallone. “You know, we were very confrontational.” He continued: “Because you have two people arriving at the beginning of a different genre and we both want to be in charge of that genre. I never wanted to be an action guy, but I did ‘First Blood’ and I said, ‘This is interesting because action films, if done right, are modern mythology. It’s like what they used to do, you know, ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’ and Hercules and Achilles.’”

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“So, I see this guy, and I could tell right away he’s going to be a problem,” Stallone said, referring to Schwarzenegger. “You know, we were at the Golden Globe Awards, and he’s sitting there and he’s eyeballing me, and — we call that stink eye — I said…

Original source: https://variety.com/

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