Hollywood veteran actor Sylvester Stallone has gone down memory recounting how Dolph Lundgren almost killed him while filming 1985 hit sports drama “Rocky IV”.
Stallone made the reveal on his documentary “The Making of Rocky vs. Drago by Sylvester Stallone ” which he released on his YouTube channel.
There, he described his first fighting scene on set with his co-star Dolph Lundgren who portrayed Rocky’s main competitor Ivan Drago in the sequel. Stallone said Lundgren punched him so hard he ended up in the hospital fighting for his life.
“The first thing we shot [was] my entrance, his entrance and the introductions and then I got really injured during the fight and I had to be flown into intensive care to California from Canada.”
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Stallone said he had encouraged Lundgren, who is also a martial artist, to show his “dominance” in the scene against Rocky.
“Well, he pulverized me,” Stallone said. “And I didn’t feel it in the moment but later that night my heart started to swell. My blood pressure went up to 260 and I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know I’m on this emergency, low-altitude flight. I’m in intensive care surrounded by nuns and then after that, I had to go back and finish the fight.”
He was in intensive care for four days before returning to film the final fight scene. He also revealed that the knock out punch take took him out in the first round of the film was for real.
“In the first round, where he knocked me down, that is for real,” he said.
The 75-year-old actor has been feeding fans tidbits of the documentary on his Instagram ahead of the documentary release on November 11.
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