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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have had parallel careers in Hollywood and have even competed against each other in the 80s and 90s. It is a well-known fact that both actors were at loggerheads with each other at the time and were determined to outshine each other as action heroes.
However, with time, they made peace with each other and have become very good friends. They spend time with each other frequently and have even starred in films together, includingTheExpendablesfranchise. Schwarzenegger recently revealed that Stallone is a far better actor and has qualities about him that he admires.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Claims Sylvester Stallone is A Superior Actor To Him
Arnold Schwarzenegger andSylvester Stallonehave been the defining larger-than-life action heroes of the 80s and 90s. Despite their enmity at the time, they have become very good friends and have opened up about things one admires about the other. Schwarzenegger laid bare about what made Stallone a better actor than him.
In an interview withPeople, Schwarzenegger claims that Stallone has a unique spark and rawness about him that he admires. Stallone’s ability to show vulnerability and anger with such conviction is what makes him a better actor than him. He said,
“I really admire him. I love him. He’s just a different person than me. He’s much more raw, and he’s much more vulnerable and in touch with his emotions. When he gets mad, he just gets mad. It’s like when you light a fuse — his goes right away. ‘Boom!’ Mine goes, ‘Shhh.’ It takes two days to get to the actual boom. It makes him good in acting, because he feels things immediately.”
Schwarzenegger’s statements show the love and respect that he has for his friend and contemporary, whom he has grown with all these years as actors. Their bond is admirable, and his statement encapsulates how close they have become after all those years of animosity between them.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Took His Feud with Sylvester Stallone to Its Most Extreme
Arnold Schwarzeneggerand Sylvester Stallone were major action heroes of the 80s and 90s. They had a real-life rivalry and even had intense competition through their films. In an appearance onThe Graham Norton Show, Schwarzenegger reflected on the intense rivalry claiming that they both took things to the most extreme in terms of superiority and upmanship.
Schwarzenegger revealed that they competed about each and everything, including their physique, the box office collections, the number of people they killed in their respective films, etc. He said,
“We were movie rivals, but we took the competitiveness to the extreme. We each had to have the best body, we had to kill more people in our films, and we had to have the biggest guns. It got out of control, and we tried to derail each other.”
As they became older, they both made peace with the past and have now become great friends. In 2023, Schwarzenegger released his Netflix seriesFUBAR,which got renewed for a second season. He also released a docuseries based on his life calledArnoldon the streamer.
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Rahul Thokchom
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Rahul Thokchom is a senior content writer at Fandomwire who is passionate about covering the world of pop culture and entertainment. He has a Masters Degree in English that contributes to the richness and creativity in his works.
