Dolph Lundgren looks back at the most famous behind-the-scenes moments from “Rocky IV.”
He recently confessed that he still feels guilty for breaking Sylvester Stallone’s ribs during their famous fight scene.
When the action star was asked during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” if he felt responsible for the accident, which occurred during one of the film’s most brutal scenes, he said the obvious.
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“I didn’t know that happened, we were both getting hit in that fight,” Lundgren said. “We shot for two weeks in Vancouver, and I came back to L.A. … The producer called and said, ‘Hey, Dolph, you’ve got two weeks off.’ I said, ‘That’s great, what’s going on?’ ‘Sly is in the hospital.’ That’s how I found out.”
Lundgren, who played Russian powerhouse Ivan Drago, admitted the news took him by surprise.
“I felt a little guilty, you know, he hit me too. He was the boss, I did what he told me, which was good. Work really hard with the body, you know those Russian uppercuts. I don’t know if it was my body or the exhaustion or my punches, I don’t know, but it hurt. I’m sorry about that,” he said.
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Sylvester Stallone punches Dolph Lundgren in a scene from the 1985 film ‘Rocky IV’. (Getty Images)
Before stepping into the role of Ivan Drago, Lundgren was pursuing a very different path – one rooted in academics and engineering. He was a Fulbright Scholar studying at MIT.
But his path to stardom took a turn when he met some of the biggest names in New York.
Lundgren described how his career began with a chance encounter that led him to Hollywood.
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“I was in New York, and I went out with this singer. I went to (Studio) 54, where I met Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, and some other people. I did some modeling, and then someone said, ‘You should try acting,’ because I was a karate champion in Europe,” Lundgren continued to share on “Fox & Friends.”
The Swedish-born actor got his first major role in “Rocky IV” and quickly cemented his place in the action-movie pantheon.
“And one of the movies I went for was a boxing movie, it became ‘Rocky IV.’ I moved to Hollywood, I met Sly and I got the part and the rest is history. 95 films have been made so far, it has been a wonderful journey.”
Lundgren said his favorite role so far was reprising the role of Ivan Drago in “Creed II”. (Getty Images)
Despite a career spanning nearly 100 films, Lundgren told “Fox & Friends” that his favorite role of all time was playing Ivan Drago in “Creed II.” The film allowed him to explore a new side of the father-son character with Victor Drago.
“I actually like ‘Creed II,'” Lundgren said. “I got to play that character again – an older version, like a father-son relationship. I love that.”
From screen fights to spirits, Lundgren recently launched his own brand, Hard Cut Vodka.
The actor-turned-entrepreneur said he was inspired to create his own vodka after being dissatisfied with vodka in the market for years. (Hard Cut Vodka)
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The actor-turned-entrepreneur said he was inspired to create his own vodka after being dissatisfied with vodka in the market for years.
“Five years ago, I couldn’t find a vodka I liked, so my wife said, ‘You should make your own – you’re a chemical engineer. You’ve played Russian a few times, you’re from Sweden.’ I started that journey, and now we’re here,” he explained.
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