35 Things You Might Not Have Known About the Action Star Sly Stallone

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  • He was expelled from 14 schools as a kid.
  • This was because of violent behaviour
  • And also anti-social behavior.
  • He doesn't like his first name.
  • That's why he calls himself "Sly".
  • His classmates voted him "most likely to end up in the electric chair".
  • He is the only actor to have 5 box office records in five decades(1970s-2020s)
  • His mother is a fan of Jackie Chan.
  • Him and Jackie Chan are friends.
  • In fact, they co-starred against eachother and Whoopie Goldberg in "Burn Hollywood Burn"
  • All his children's names begin with the letter "S": Sage, Sargeoh, Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet.
  • He was payed 60,000 for Cop Land, but he only did so he could star in a serious role.
  • He oil paints in his spare time.
  • Da Vinci is his hero.
  • He broke up with his girlfriend over a FedEx letter in 1994.
  • They reconciled in 1995.
  • They got married in 1997.
  • He is a fan and friend of Elton John.
  • He refused 4 million dollars to do a commercial because he had to cut his hair.
  • Even after being offered another million he would NOT do the commercial.
  • He is one of George Bush's favourite actors.
  • He is Empire's #92nd best actor of October 1997.
  • His first job was as a lion cage cleaner.
  • He worked on the script of Beverly Hills Cop
  • During the filming of Victory (1981), Stallone broke a finger trying to save a penalty kick from Pelé.
  • He turned down the role of two Bruce Willis roles.
  • One of them was as John McClane for Die Hard.
  • The other was for Pulp Fiction.
  • He called for America to ban guns after his friend died.
  • Unironically he uses many guns in his movies.
  • He is the all time Razzie movie award champion.
  • Since his evolution to fame and fortune, he stopped going to church.
  • But in 2006, he came back to the Catholic church when he started filming "Rocky Balboa".
  • Sylvester sued his former business manager, Kenneth Starr, for giving him bad business advice.
  • He has been a lifelong repbulican.




"Honor is not in the Weapon. It is in the Man"
Another fun fact:

Stallone is trained in Tae Kwon Do. His teacher, Kwon Young Moon, was a former 1970's actor and stuntman in Korean and Hong Kong films before relocating to Los Angeles in the 80s, where he choreographed "L.A. Street Fighters" and "Miami Connection".
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