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- Fans have known Stallone as boxer Rocky Balboa in the "Rocky" franchise films since 1976 and Vietnam vet John Rambo in "Rambo" since 1982.
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Jun 12, 2023 · The Main Character Winner - Rambo. Rambo is always interesting, whereas Rocky might be the least interesting character in his own movies.
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Sep 20, 2019 · John Rambo and Rocky Balboa may have the same face, but that's where the similarities end. Sylvester Stallone compared his two iconic roles for us.
Oct 8, 2024 · Leaving Rocky Balboa aside, Rambo remains Sylvester Stallone's most known action hero role. The character is inseparable from Sly himself, with the actor serving as a sort of custodian of John ...
May 20, 2022 · Though Sylvester Stallone's most well-known characters are utterly iconic, the actor/writer/director has struggled to revive Rambo in the same way that he was able to revive the Rocky franchise.
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- RAMBO IS NAMED AFTER AN APPLE AND A POET. First Blood (1982) was adapted from writer David Morrell’s 1972 novel of the same name. Morrell named the character “Rambo” after a type of apple cultivated by a 17th-century Swedish settler named Peter Gunnarson Rambo.
- HE’S BASED ON A REAL-LIFE WAR HERO. Morrell first thought of writing a book about a decorated war hero struggling to assimilate back to civilian life when he read about the real-life exploits of World War II soldier Audie Murphy.
- SYLVESTER STALLONE DIDN’T WANT TO BE RAMBO. The film rights to Morrell’s book were optioned by Columbia Pictures in the early 1970s, then passed to Warner Bros.
- RAMBO DOESN’T ACTUALLY KILL ANYONE IN THE FIRST MOVIE. Despite his notorious reputation for shooting first and asking questions later, Rambo doesn’t actually do anyone in in First Blood—he only severely wounds the people trying to hunt and harm him.
Nov 8, 2018 · It’s allowed by law. But competition is in Rocky ’s blood, and being as Rambo competes with every mass-destructive action movie ever for body-count bragging rights, it’s fair to peg that series...
Nov 7, 2022 · At 76 years old, the Hollywood icon is still fighting: On his battle for the 'Rocky' rights, the future of 'Rambo,' his pivot to TV (‘Tulsa King’ and a reality show), and the time he turned...
