srijeda | 07.02.2007.

Some details about Sly!!!!!!!!!!!

Trivia

His trademark sneer and slurred speech are the result of paralysis in the left side of his face caused by birth complications.
Turned down lead roles in blockbuster hits Romancing the Stone, 48 Hours, Seven, Pretty Woman, Frequency, Die Hard, Witness, Beverly Hills Cop, Basic Instinct, Pulp Fiction (role of Butch Coolidge that later went to Bruce Willis), Jackie Brown (Max Cherry role that later went to Robert De Niro), The Negotiator (later went to Samuel L. Jackson), and Enemy of the State. [citation needed]
Was developing an action adventure film called Gale Force in 1990 with Renny Harlin about pirates attacking a coastal town in the middle of a windstorm. The project was cancelled due to budget concerns. Plans for a team up comedy with John Candy titled Bartholomew and Neff also fell through. Stallone was also developing a hollywood remake of the hong kong action hit The Killer in 1993 which also was shelved. [citation needed]
The 1997 film Face/Off starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta was originally conceived as a sci-fi film and written specifically for Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Unmade film projects include sci-fi scripts Fatalis (pre-historic animals loose in a futuristic LA) and Hunter (A tracker and a special forces team are unleashed into the wilderness to track down a bloodythirsty genetically enhanced pre-historic monster) which were part of his 60 million dollar 3 film deal with Universal that was scrapped upon the domestic failure of 1996's Daylight. He was originally set to star in the sci-fi film Isobar with Kim Basinger and Joel Silver producing in 1990. It fell through when Dean Devlin quit the project over script issues with Carolco. The film revolved around a futuristic supersonic train traveling between LA and Tokyo in a post-apocalyptic world. During the trip, a genetic mutant unleashes horror upon the passengers of the train in a claustrophobic nightmarish fashion. The movie has been revived and is set to release in 2007 with a new cast.
Cobra and Judge Dredd were intended to spawn franchises, but due to their lukewarm reception at the boxoffice, those plans were cancelled. Cliffhanger had a sequel script written for it entitled The Dam but this was later retooled as a separate film entitled Daylight which Stallone made in 1996.
Sustained serious injuries making the Rambo films, particularly First Blood. In that film, he attempts to jump from a cliff into a tree. The look of pain he shows in the film is in fact real as the branches were lodged in his chest, breaking ribs and puncturing a lung.
Does most of his own stunts including much of the dangerous stuntwork in the Rambo films and Cliffhanger. He overcame serious agoraphobia to make Cliffhanger. His willingness to go to extreme lengths to make the stuntwork in his films as authentic as possible is matched only by another action movie legend, Jackie Chan.
Is good friends with Planet Hollywood pals Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Don Johnson.
Widely considered to have inspired the one-man army action films of the 1980s with the genre classic First Blood.
Stallone claims to have been able to bench press 385-400 lbs and squat 500 lbs in his prime. While in a bench pressing contest with former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, he severely tore his pectoral muscle and needed over 160 stitches on it. This is why one half of his chest is more veiny than the other.
With the monetary success of the Rocky films, Stallone gave professional wrestler Hulk Hogan his first mainstream exposure, personally offering him the role as the character Thunderlips in 1982's Rocky III. Stallone inducted Hogan into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.
He and The Contender co-host Sugar Ray Leonard were pallbearers at the funeral of Najai Turpin, a former contestant on the show.
According to NNDB.com, "Stallone has always been politically active, but his politics defy easy labels. He has written checks for candidates as far to the left as Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer, and as far right as John Ashcroft and Rick Santorum."[5]. However, he has openly been known to identify himself as a Republican. In his book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations," Al Franken cited Stallone as one of the biggest Republican supporters in Hollywood.
He is one of President George W. Bush's two favorite actors. The other is fellow action hero and conservative Chuck Norris. Both men attended Bush's inauguration as President in 2001.
Stallone and President Bush share the same birthday.
Stallone supported President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial and hosted a Democratic fundraiser at his Miami home on 9 July 1998.
A long-time American football fan and supporter of the Philadelphia Eagles, Stallone used his Rocky persona to introduce Monday Night Football on ABC; set in a gymnasium, he pounded a punch ball, glared at the camera with clenched fist and uttered the signature tagline "Are ya ready for some football?".
On January 14, 2007, Stallone was at Goodison Park to promote Rocky Balboa, and to watch Everton take on Reading. The match ended as a 1-1 draw. After receiving a brilliant reception from over 30,000 fans he now claims to be an official Everton fan.
Stallone's films have grossed over $1.7 billion in the USA and over $3.5 billion worldwide.
Attended a private school in the Romandy (Switzerland). Stallone was not a very good student but he took part in the play Death of a Salesman which made him want to become an actor.
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srijeda | 07.02.2007.

Some details about Sly!!!!!!!!!!!

Trivia

His trademark sneer and slurred speech are the result of paralysis in the left side of his face caused by birth complications.
Turned down lead roles in blockbuster hits Romancing the Stone, 48 Hours, Seven, Pretty Woman, Frequency, Die Hard, Witness, Beverly Hills Cop, Basic Instinct, Pulp Fiction (role of Butch Coolidge that later went to Bruce Willis), Jackie Brown (Max Cherry role that later went to Robert De Niro), The Negotiator (later went to Samuel L. Jackson), and Enemy of the State. [citation needed]
Was developing an action adventure film called Gale Force in 1990 with Renny Harlin about pirates attacking a coastal town in the middle of a windstorm. The project was cancelled due to budget concerns. Plans for a team up comedy with John Candy titled Bartholomew and Neff also fell through. Stallone was also developing a hollywood remake of the hong kong action hit The Killer in 1993 which also was shelved. [citation needed]
The 1997 film Face/Off starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta was originally conceived as a sci-fi film and written specifically for Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Unmade film projects include sci-fi scripts Fatalis (pre-historic animals loose in a futuristic LA) and Hunter (A tracker and a special forces team are unleashed into the wilderness to track down a bloodythirsty genetically enhanced pre-historic monster) which were part of his 60 million dollar 3 film deal with Universal that was scrapped upon the domestic failure of 1996's Daylight. He was originally set to star in the sci-fi film Isobar with Kim Basinger and Joel Silver producing in 1990. It fell through when Dean Devlin quit the project over script issues with Carolco. The film revolved around a futuristic supersonic train traveling between LA and Tokyo in a post-apocalyptic world. During the trip, a genetic mutant unleashes horror upon the passengers of the train in a claustrophobic nightmarish fashion. The movie has been revived and is set to release in 2007 with a new cast.
Cobra and Judge Dredd were intended to spawn franchises, but due to their lukewarm reception at the boxoffice, those plans were cancelled. Cliffhanger had a sequel script written for it entitled The Dam but this was later retooled as a separate film entitled Daylight which Stallone made in 1996.
Sustained serious injuries making the Rambo films, particularly First Blood. In that film, he attempts to jump from a cliff into a tree. The look of pain he shows in the film is in fact real as the branches were lodged in his chest, breaking ribs and puncturing a lung.
Does most of his own stunts including much of the dangerous stuntwork in the Rambo films and Cliffhanger. He overcame serious agoraphobia to make Cliffhanger. His willingness to go to extreme lengths to make the stuntwork in his films as authentic as possible is matched only by another action movie legend, Jackie Chan.
Is good friends with Planet Hollywood pals Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Don Johnson.
Widely considered to have inspired the one-man army action films of the 1980s with the genre classic First Blood.
Stallone claims to have been able to bench press 385-400 lbs and squat 500 lbs in his prime. While in a bench pressing contest with former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, he severely tore his pectoral muscle and needed over 160 stitches on it. This is why one half of his chest is more veiny than the other.
With the monetary success of the Rocky films, Stallone gave professional wrestler Hulk Hogan his first mainstream exposure, personally offering him the role as the character Thunderlips in 1982's Rocky III. Stallone inducted Hogan into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.
He and The Contender co-host Sugar Ray Leonard were pallbearers at the funeral of Najai Turpin, a former contestant on the show.
According to NNDB.com, "Stallone has always been politically active, but his politics defy easy labels. He has written checks for candidates as far to the left as Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer, and as far right as John Ashcroft and Rick Santorum."[5]. However, he has openly been known to identify himself as a Republican. In his book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations," Al Franken cited Stallone as one of the biggest Republican supporters in Hollywood.
He is one of President George W. Bush's two favorite actors. The other is fellow action hero and conservative Chuck Norris. Both men attended Bush's inauguration as President in 2001.
Stallone and President Bush share the same birthday.
Stallone supported President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial and hosted a Democratic fundraiser at his Miami home on 9 July 1998.
A long-time American football fan and supporter of the Philadelphia Eagles, Stallone used his Rocky persona to introduce Monday Night Football on ABC; set in a gymnasium, he pounded a punch ball, glared at the camera with clenched fist and uttered the signature tagline "Are ya ready for some football?".
On January 14, 2007, Stallone was at Goodison Park to promote Rocky Balboa, and to watch Everton take on Reading. The match ended as a 1-1 draw. After receiving a brilliant reception from over 30,000 fans he now claims to be an official Everton fan.
Stallone's films have grossed over $1.7 billion in the USA and over $3.5 billion worldwide.
Attended a private school in the Romandy (Switzerland). Stallone was not a very good student but he took part in the play Death of a Salesman which made him want to become an actor.
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