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According to his own statements, Sylvester Stallone almost bitten into the grass when filming “Rocky IV”-the 75-year-old says in one Documentation published on his own YouTube channel became. It didn’t take much anymore until Stallone (as Rocky Balboa) could have talked “with the angels”. It is about a box scene in the ring in which Dolph Lundgren-who embodies the role of opponent Ivan Drago in the film-stalle something too firm hit the chest.
In the film you accompany stallone through the production studios, while he speaks in feature lengths about the events while filming. Today (November 11) celebrates “Rocky IV: The Struggle of the Century” a new publication in the US cinema. The original is from 1985. For the Director’s Cut, the original film was expanded by a whopping 40 minutes. As of tomorrow, the film should also be seen on common streaming platforms.
“Well, he powdered me”
Sylvester Stallone remembers the first day of shooting with Lundgren: “The first thing we turned [war] My appearance, his appearance and introductions, and then I was seriously injured during the fight and had to be flown from Canada to the intensive care unit to California. ” The actor also says that he had pushed his opponent to show him “dominance” in this scene. Dolph Lundgren is also an actor, but also long -time martial artists.
“Well, he powdered me,” explains Stallone dryly. “At that moment I didn’t feel it, but later my heart started to swell. My blood pressure rose to 260, and I was about to speak to the angels, and then I only know that I was at a low height. Heroic and without a touch of humility he continues, “and then I had to go back and end the fight.”
The diagnosis: a bruise of the front part of the heart, triggered by the fact that the heart suddenly hits the chest. This happens more often in car accidents when your chest hits the steering wheel. According to his own information, Sylvester Stallone spent four days in the intensive care unit.
“The Making of Rocky vs. Drago by Sylvester Stallone”
Even if he can laugh about it today, the circumstances seem to have been quite dramatic at the time. He finally returned to the set and turned the last fight. This stroke on Stallone’s breast can actually be seen in the film, so it is real: “How could you take it out?”