by Tony Eufinger ABCNEWS.com
SYLVESTER STALLONE is on a new mission: to save a British parking garage from impending disaster.
Although a far cry from an action-packed Rambo plot, The Mirror reports the Hollywood tough guy is keen to stop the Gateshead Borough Council from tearing down the garage because it’s the setting for one of Britain’s cult classic gangster films.
The scene from the original “Get Carter,” released in 1971, features British actor MICHAEL CAINE tossing a local bad guy off the five-story building to his death. According to the tabloid, fans still flock to the site for photographs.
But not everyone wants STALLONE to come to the rescue.
“Instead of trying to save it he should put on his Rambo gear and blast it into oblivion,” suggests one observer who thinks the garage is an eyesore.
STALLONE starred in an American remake of “Get Carter” last year.
– Craig Zablo
[July 28, 2001]