Arnold Schwarzenegger is the name everyone has heard, even if you’re a fan of bodybuilding or fitness. He is the seven-time Mr. Olympia champion, and after dominating the bodybuilding industry, the GOAT went to try his luck in Hollywood. The rest is history, which we are all familiar with. But things were not as smooth as one could expect them to be. Arnie had a well-known rivalry with the iconic Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone.
Having a competitive nature made Arnie successful in his bodybuilding ventures, and his nature followed him to Hollywood. He had a beef with the actor in the blockbuster film series Rocky Stallone in the 1980s. However, things changed with time, and they both became friends with each other and even shared roles in a few movies together. For the first time, both of these stars will be sharing details about their rivalry on television in a new show that is going to air.
The new show will be airing on Fox and Hulu
TMZ is bringing these two industry giants together and titled the show “Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons.” It’s going to air on Fox at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, and will be available on Hulu the next day. This is going to be a one-hour-long special, and Fox described it as: “TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for the first time how their once-fierce rivalry led to two Hollywood icons forever being friends and brothers in arms.”
These two previously shared screens for the first time in 2010 with the movie The Expendables. This movie had two more sequels: The Expendables 2 in 2012 and The Expendables 3 in 2014. They also did the movie Escape Plan together in 2013, and recently, the Austrian Oak was featured in an episode of Sly’s reality show aired on Paramount+, The Family Stallone.
The duo had a very competitive nature back in the 80s when Arnie was trying to enter Hollywood. Both fought with all they got to be top at the box office and made their rivalry the most iconic of the 1980s. But with time, they realized that their rivalry was childish and started warming up toward one another. After being rivals for a long time, the two now share a brotherly bond, and Sly even shares what made him love the Austrian Oak.
After ending the rivalry, the duo shared a hilarious moment
In one episode of Sly’s reality show “The Family Stallone,” in which the Terminator himself featured Stallone, he shed light on how they evolved and made them find common ground. He revealed that “even though we were very adversarial when we were younger because we were competitive, it became something we realized we’re incredibly alike. Cut from the same cloth, and now I love the guy.“
The Austrian Oak made a beautiful gesture in return and gave Stallone the sword he used in the movie Conan the Barbarian, along with the “Conan Lesson.” They fully utilized their time and even did a pumpkin carving challenge with their Conan swords.
Are you also eagerly waiting and excited for the show to air and explore the saga of these two industry giants in their own words? Let us know in the comments.