AMCtv.com ran a piece on aging action stars saying, “hanging around at the top of your game until your 50s, 60s or even 70s isn’t uncommon”. The article praises Charles Bronson, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Samuel L. Jackson. Here’s what they had to say about Sly:
Sly’s been kicking ass since the ’70s and even made an ill-fated attempt at dramatic acting. In 1997, he packed on the pounds to play a small-town cop dealing with corruption in Cop-Land. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis, but the movie didn’t live up to Sly’s blockbuster standards and Sly went into a nearly decade long slump where his biggest hit was the middling Spy Kids (2001). Luckily, he dove into his golden years wiser and just as strong (literally) and got back to his action roots. With Rocky Balboa (2006) and Rambo (2008), Stallone clearly realized that even as an older gentleman, he’s at his best jacked and beating down young bucks.
Born: 1946
Current Status: Still going strong. Very, very strong.
Senior Fact: We all know Stallone ended the Cold War in Rocky IV (1985), but when Stallone was born, the Cold War had yet to begin.
You can read the full piece here.