In their heyday in the 1980s and 1990s, action star rivals Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzengger competed for just about everything, including the best scripts, the best body, the biggest guns, and the most kills per movie.
And in 1991, the Austrian-born 76-year-old even managed to trick the 77-year-old New Yorker into starring in the critically maligned buddy cop action comedy Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, co-starring Golden Girls scene-stealer Estelle Getty.
Not only did Arnie get his agent to lie to Sly’s agent about his desire to star in the “fantastic” movie, but he even talked to director Roger Spottiswoode (with whom he later worked on The Sixth Day in 2000).
‘So my agent [told Sly’s agent]”Arnold is talking to Roger Spottiswoode. And he’s really interested in it. I think we’re going to take on the project,” Schwarzengger recalled in a preview of TMZ special Arnold and Sly.
And of course his agent, knowing he’s competitive with me, can’t let that happen. So he called the studio right away: “Look, you have to give it to Sly! Don’t give it to Schwarzenegger. Give it to Sly.”
In their heyday in the 1980s and 1990s, action star rivals Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzengger competed for just about everything, including the best scripts, the best body, the biggest guns, and the most kills per movie ( in the photo from 2022).
In 1991, Schwarzenegger, 76, even managed to trick Stallone, 77 (left), into starring in the horrible buddy cop action comedy Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, with Golden Girls scene-stealer Estelle Getty (right), according to TMZ
And they said, “Okay.” “Sly got it and then he got the movie, so I was, of course, in absolute heaven because I felt like the only way I’m going to catch up with him is if he stumbles,” Schwarzenegger added.
‘Can you be more Machiavellian?’ Stallone marveled.
The former California governor added: “I said, ‘We have to go and make it fail.’
‘Incredible!’ exclaimed the Italian stallion.
Arrest! Or My Mom Will Shoot managed to gross $70.6 million at the global box office despite depressing reviewsand Sly received the Worst Actor trophy at the Golden Raspberry Awards for his role as Sergeant Joseph Andrew Bomowski.
Ironically, 1991 was the same year that the Golden Globe winners first partnered with Bruce Willis to become investors in the Planet Hollywood themed restaurant chain, and there are still three restaurants and four hotels in operation today.
“When we both invested in Planet Hollywood, we started flying around the world together to promote it and we became fantastic friends,” Schwarzenegger gushed.
“He is a great human being and now we are inseparable.”
Not only did Arnie get his agent to lie to Sly’s agent about wanting to star in the ‘fantastic’ movie, but he even talked to director Roger Spottiswoode (M, who he later worked with on The Sixth Day in 2000).
Schwarzenegger recalled: “So my agent [told Sly’s agent]”Arnold is talking to Roger Spottiswoode. And he’s really interested in it. I think we’re going to take on the project.” And of course his agent, knowing that he’s competitive with me, can’t let that happen.
The former California governor added: “Sly got it and then he got the movie, so of course I was in heaven because I felt like the only way I was going to get there was if I stumbled.”
‘Can you be more Machiavellian?’ Stallone marveled
Arrest! Or My Mom Will Shoot managed to gross $70.6 million at the worldwide box office despite poor reviews, and Sly received the Worst Actor trophy at the Golden Raspberry Awards for his role as Sergeant Joseph Andrew Bomowski.
Ironically, 1991 was the same year that the Golden Globe winners teamed up with Bruce Willis (right, pictured in 1993) to become investors in the Planet Hollywood themed restaurant chain.
Arnold and Sylvester have also co-starred in four action films together: The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), Escape Plan (2013) and The Expendables 3 (2014).
This month, the Terminator star, who just had a pacemaker surgically implanted, will begin reprising his role as CIA agent Luke Brunner in the second season of Nick Santora’s father-daughter spy comedy series, FUBAR. , for Netflix.
Stallone, who reportedly mocked the background actors’ appearance in Tulsa King, has been hard at work reprising his role in the second season of the Paramount+ comedy-drama as mob boss Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi.
Arnold and Sylvester have also co-starred in four action films together: The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), Escape Plan (2013) and The Expendables 3 (2014).
TMZ Presents Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons is scheduled to air this Tuesday at 8 pm ET on Fox and the next day on Hulu.
This month, the Terminator star, who just had a pacemaker surgically implanted, will begin reprising his role as CIA agent Luke Brunner in the second season of Nick Santora’s father-daughter spy comedy series, FUBAR. , for Netflix.
And Stallone, who reportedly teased the appearance of background actors in Tulsa King, has been hard at work reprising his role in the second season of the Paramount+ comedy-drama as mob boss Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi.