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How Arnold Schwarzenegger Tricked Sylvester Stallone Into Making an Awful Movie

The ‘Rambo’ star later called it the worst film he ever made.

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Prior to co-starring in the Expendables films, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were locked in a bitter rivalry that lasted nearly two decades. When the subject came up during an interview with Jimmy Fallon in 2014, Stallone said, “I really respect this guy. I think he’s brilliant. What he’s done, what he’s accomplished. He’s had three different careers. But, I wanted to strangle him.” Schwarzenegger would recall years later how the two would constantly try to derail each other’s careers at the height of their respective successes. 

One creative way Schwarzenegger would troll Stallone back then was by pretending he was interested in terrible........

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