Sylvester Stallone Recalls Near-Death Incident During Shooting Of Rocky IV

Sylvester Stallone has recalled how he almost died from shooting Rocky IV
Says he was in intensive care init for four days

Ekohotblog reports that American actor, Sylvester Stallone has recalled how he almost died during the production of Rocky IV in 1985.

The 75-year-old actor, has released The Making of Rocky vs. Drago by Sylvester Stallone on his YouTube channel where he recalled his first day of filming a fight scene with Dolph Lundgren, who portrayed Rocky’s main competitor Ivan Drago in the sequel.

Describing his first day of filming with Lundgren, Stallone said, “The first thing we shot [was] my entrance, his entrance and the introductions and then I got really injured during the fight and I had to be flown into intensive care to California from Canada.”

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Stallone also disclosed that he was in the intensive care unit for about four days before returning to film the final fight in ‘Rocky IV’.

“In the first round, where he knocked me down, that is for real,” he said.

“He pulverized me and I did not feel it at that moment but later that night my heart started to swell.

He had bruised the perio cardio sac, which is when the heart hits the chest – like in a car accident when your chest hits the steering wheel.

“My blood pressure went up to 260. They thought I was going to be talking to angels.”

Originally released in 1985, Rocky IV was Stallone’s fourth portrayal of the titular hard-nosed boxer from the City of Brotherly Love and the third film in the series that he directed, which still stands as the highest-grossing film in the franchise to date.

David Titiloye