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And then Dolph Lundgren walked in, and I hated him immediately.
This is what I would imagine they would create as an athlete someone who is literally perfect.
Shoulders, calves, forearms, giant butt, neck, back, everything.
He hit me so hard he almost stopped my heart, he said.
I told him, Why dont we just do it?
Just have a go at knock me out.
Really cut loose as hard as it’s possible for you to.
That was a really stupid thing to say.
And there are all these nuns around.
As something of a Stallone skeptic, I enjoyed the actors garrulousness and humility.
The top of my head exploded, Stallone recalled.
I was about 12 and a half years old …
I started to work on my body.
Every time I venture away from it, I wind up doingStop!
Or My Mom Will Shoot.
I hadnt even voted before, Stallone said.
Im not a political animal, I never have been.
I have a great idea for Rocky.
He finds this fellow here whos in the country illegally and everything.
It becomes a whole thing …
When you literally throw him out of the country, and hes in another world, it could work.
I aint gonna do it, but it could work.
We see the Righteous Brothers, but ones dead, so its just one brother.
And its the Young Rascals and theyre really old rascals.
And theres a group called Three Dog Night, and its, like, one dog.
And these guys arehorrible.
My wife says, This is crap.
I go, Youre right, it is crap.
But why is it sold out?
Thats when it hit him: You wouldnt pay five cents to see one of them.
Thats got to be weird.
Its a curiosity thing, he observed.
And thats how it came about.
From watching a horrible music concert.
It was almost almost enough to make me want to watch anExpendablesmovie again.