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Sylvester Stallone, the all-powerful man who madeThe Rockyfranchise earn billions at the box office, felt that he could take on a proper boxing punch. What was supposed to be a normal auditioning process forRocky IIIturned into a nightmare for the actor.
During the casting process forRocky III,Stallone wanted originality in the opposing boxer and hence he chose real boxing champions for the role. Earnie Shavers, a boxer who auditioned for the role punched Sylvester Stallone so hard in the liver that he had to run straight to the men’s room and throw up!
When Sylvester Stallone Got Punched In The Liver
The actor has been given many titles throughout his Hollywood career. He has been renowned worldwide as Rocky Balboa when he wrote and portrayed the character of Balboa in theRockyfranchise that he created from scratch.
Requiring originality, when the franchise developed into something much bigger, Stallone wanted actual boxers to portray pivotal roles in the movie. Hence, a tedious casting process for the role of James “Clubber” Lang. Although Mr. T was cast in the role, Sylvester Stallone recalled an incident wherein he was punched in the gut so hard that he had to run and throw up in the men’s room.
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Earnie Shavers, the American professional boxer also auditioned for the role of Clubber. As per Frederick V. Romano’s bookThe Boxing Filmography,Sylvester Stallone and Earnie Shavers came face to face for the auditions. Although the boxer was landing soft blows on Stallone, the actor shouted“C’mon Earnie, show me something real,”and that is when the real punch landed.
Shavers’ was known for his killer right-hand jab. Naturally,Sylvester Stallonereceived a crushing blow on his liver which nearly killed the actor and made him throw up.
“That nearly killed me,” said Stallone. “I went straight to the men’s room and threw up.”
In the end, Earnie Shavers was not chosen for the role not because of the pain but because of his voice since the casting director did not find it intimidating enough. Although 76 years of age, theRambo: First Bloodactor is still going strong and creating new series and movies for audiences around the world.
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As per the latest reports, Stallone is all set to star in and produce an upcoming project titledNever Too Old to Die.Joining alongside Amazon Studios, the project is based on Brian Otting’s script of the same name and boasts an interesting murder-mystery take on the Cold War assassin living in an old-age retirement home.
The upcoming project has been recently announced and hence is in the pre-production stage of development. As of yet, there has been no release date announced for the project but the audiences are eagerly waiting to see the man in action once more.
Source:Looper
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
