In an interview with the Daily Mail, the 75-year-old fox has opened up and told about how he flirted with death during the filming of Rocky IV and at one point thought it was over. He insisted on making the boxing scenes look as believable as possible, which resulted in Dolph Lundgren on one occasion hitting Stallone so hard that it almost took a toll on him.
"In the first round, where he knocked me down, that is for real. He pulverized me and I did not feel it at that moment but later that night my heart started to swell. He had bruised the perio cardio sac, which is when the heart hits the chest - like in a car accident when your chest hits the steering wheel. My blood pressure went up to 260. They thought I was going to be talking to angels."
Sounds a bit crazy but at the same time it is hardly the first or last time actors cross the border "for the sake of art". Are you looking forward to the directors cut version of Rocky IV and which do you think is the best of all Rocky movies?