“I said, ‘I don’t want to be part of it. I don’t. I’m not going to.'”\u00a0 <\/p>
John Rambo might be one of Sylvester Stallone\u2019s most iconic big-screen roles \u2013 but the veteran movie star has revealed that he came very close to quitting the first film in the series.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Sly<\/a> \u2013 the new Netflix documentary about his life \u2013 Stallone explained that he was so upset about the original ending of First Blood that he threatened to permanently walk off the project.<\/p> \u201cAt the very end, originally the way it was in the script, I am shot by Colonel Trautman and I die in slow motion,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cI said to the director, \u2018This is not good.\u2019 I don\u2019t want everyone who is a Vietnam vet to see this film and [see] me shot and realise, \u2018Oh, so there\u2019s no hope for me at all. None.’\u201d<\/p>\n He added that as he left the set he was screamed at by people involved in production that if he didn\u2019t come back it would be a breach of contract.<\/p>\n \u201cAt that time, they were losing 20,000 vets to suicide a month,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI said, \u2018I don\u2019t want to be part of it. I don\u2019t. I\u2019m not going to.’\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course, eventually Sly got his way: after a test screening in Las Vegas went disastrously it was decided to change the ending to the one that eventually made it into the classic film.<\/p>\n Although it initially opened to mixed reviews First Blood went on to become a huge box office hit, with Stallone going on to play the character in a further four films \u2013 most recently in 2019\u2019s Rambo: Last Blood.<\/p>\n Sly covers various aspects of Stallone\u2019s life and arrives amid an influx of Netflix series and films giving all-access looks at famous figures, from\u00a0Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0David Beckham<\/a>\u00a0and, soon,\u00a0Robbie Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stallone had previously opened up in Paramount+ reality show The Family Stallone<\/a>, which saw him welcome a film crew into his home to follow his family\u2019s daily life.<\/p>\n Sly is now showing on Netflix. 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