Sylvester Stallone has disclosed that during the filming of “Rocky IV,” he was subjected to some significant blows from Dolph Lundgren and, as a result, had to be transported to the hospital.
In a documentary about the production of the film that can be found on the actor’s account on YouTube, Sylvester Stallone says, “He pulverized me.” “Although I didn’t feel it at the time, later that night I began to get some discomfort in my chest.”
Stallone made the analogy that the injury was similar to what happens when your chest is thrown against the steering wheel of a car after a collision.
“When my blood pressure went up to 260, they thought I was going to be talking to angels,” he claimed. “They thought I was going to be talking to angels.”
The actor stated that he was transported from Canada to the intensive care unit at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California, where he remained for a period of four days. He claimed that he was transported in a “low altitude flight.”
“I’m in intensive care and the only other people here are nuns,” he claimed. “And after that, I was obligated to return to the arena and finish the battle.”
Stallone has stated that the hit to the chest that was delivered by Lundgren while he was playing the role of the massive Soviet boxer Ivan Drago is included in the film.
“How could you possibly exclude that?” Stallone stated.
The much-loved “Rocky” franchise continues in “Rocky IV,” in which Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as the tenacious fighter Rocky Balboa. In the fourth film, he has already proven himself worthy of the title of world boxing champion, and after learning that his friend Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) was killed by Drago, he flies to the Soviet Union in order to engage in a bout with the latter.
