| STALLONE STEERS CLEAR OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES from Contactmusic.com News for October 25, 2004 Hollywood actor SYLVESTER STALLONE has sworn off ever starring in a romantic comedy – because he believes his fans will only ever accept him as an action hero. Stallone, who scored a huge fanbase in such action franchises as ROCKY and RAMBO, admits he’s never been too successful whenever he’s strayed outside of his usual genre. He tells MAXIM magazine, “It’s hard to make such a drastic change when you’re identified with a certain character or genre. “Some guys have amazing versatility and can move around more guys like TOM HANKS, RUSSELL CROWE, PAUL NEWMAN. “But other fells… their baggage arrives 10 minutes before they do. People go, ‘Oh! It’s Rocky!’ “Let me put it this way: You won’t see Sylvester Stallone starring in NOTTING HILL 2.” 25/10/2004 02:52 STALLONE CREDITS HERCULES FOR MUSCLE MOTIVATION from Contactmusic.com News for October 25, 2004 RAMBO star SYLVESTER STALLONE credits the 1958 movie HERCULES for giving him the inspiration to develop big muscles. The Hollywood actor, who has boasted a muscular frame for a number of years, hated his skinny body when he was growing up. He tells MAXIM magazine, “When I was young, I was very thin and not athletic. I felt isolated because I was never picked for teams and I wasn’t really brought up in a sports-minded family. “But when I was 12 I went to see HERCULES with STEVE REEVES and I had an epiphany. I literally went from the theatre to a junkyard to find heavy stuff to lift. “At that time gyms were dungeons’ dark, weird places with things that looked like they were used during the Inquisition. And people were into weird experimentation like the Cheese Diet and eating raw eggs.” 25/10/2004 09:21 – Craig |