“I Couldn’t Play the Terminator”: Sylvester Stallone Once Admitted Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Supremacy in His Iconic Roles

After an impeccable career in bodybuilding, Arnold Schwarzenegger entered the world of acting. He started his acting career with ‘Hercules in New York’ back in 1970. But the biggest hit of his career was the film ‘The Terminator,’ which went on to become one of the most epic movies in Hollywood’s history. In the movie, Schwarzenegger played the role of T-800, a cyborg sent from the future.

All in all, The Terminator became a successful franchise with a good response at the box office. Everyone appreciated his remarkable role, but one admirer stood out. He was non-other than his biggest bodybuilding rival, Sylvester Stallone.

How Arnold Schwarzenegger got a compliment from his biggest rival

The former rivals came together in a Terry Wogan show that aired on October 23, 1991. Wogan interviewed Sylvester Stallone, Arnold, and Bruce Willis in New York for the opening of Planet Hollywood.

During the interview, Sylvester, while appreciating the Austrian-Oak, said with a pinch of compliment, “I couldn’t play the Terminator, I know that, and, bruce, what he did with die hard, it’s again a definitive character. They don’t you align it to Rambo, but that’s really, that’s not true, it’s totally a different kind of character. So I think we’ve all carved out our niches, and they really don’t overlap that much.”

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As Sylvester complimented the seven-time Mr.Olympia title winner, it showed a glimpse of their old rivalry. When the two first met at the 1977 Golden Globe ceremony, there were some weird circumstances due to the awards. While Schwarzenegger won the ‘New Star of the Year’ award, Sylvester threw bowl flowers at him. Once during an interview with Variety, Stallone said, ‘from that moment, even our DNA hated each other.’

The end of their rivalry

The two had a long history of differences, they were the leading action superheroes of the golden decades. Their competition increased when Sylvester got cast in the movie ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!’ The movie turned out to be the biggest disappointment of his career. Meanwhile, Arnold took the opportunity to take a dig at it.

Everyone enjoyed the rivalry between them, but at the same time, fans wanted it to end as well. The rivalry between them ended after they did their first collaboration for The Expendables.

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