Rambo: You’ll Never Guess Where Stallone’s Famous Character Name Comes From!

41 years ago, Ted Kotchef created a work that has become a classic: Rimbaud. Adapted from the novel first blood By David Morrell, published a decade earlier, the script deals with the difficult reintegration of Vietnam War veterans into a hip and moralizing America. This legendary role will confirm the international status that Sylvester Stallone has established thanks to the huge success of his film Rocky, which he wrote and starred in.

Rambo, a character that has since entered pop culture in a big way. As far as the actor recalls, during a visit to France in 2008 to promote his rare John Rambo, a pleasant anecdote: the name “Rambo” even entered the prestigious Oxford dictionary, with this definition: “One who uses, or threatens to use, forceful and violent methods against his enemies”. or “meaning one who uses, or threatens to use, strong and violent methods against his enemies.” The class is the same.

This is not my war, but this is my apple!

But there is something even more unusual. In David Morrell’s novel, only the name “Rambo” exists; For the needs of the cinematic saga, his name “Johnny” was added. But how did this name come about? Imagine that the author was inspired by a variety of apples sold in the United States and that he had in front of him, which he called “Rambo apples”.

The apple is named after the pioneer who introduced the seed to New Sweden (in present-day northeastern United States), Swede Peter Gunnarsson Rimbaud (1612-1698). FYI, there is another type of apple called “Rambour d’été”; An old breed that already existed in the 16th century. In the original version, we are talking about “Summer Rambo”.

Admit it, though, you’d never guess the legendary Green Beret had an intimate relationship with the apple variety.