“It was the starting point of a ten-year battle”: This is how the rivalry between Stallone and Schwarzenegger began in 1977.

All that is in the past: Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger no longer have animosity towards each other and still get along well today. But there was a time when these two actors were real rivals and fought to become the biggest star in action cinema.

On the one hand, there was Rocky Balboa the indestructible and John Rambo the Furious, on the other, Terminator the Mighty and Conan the Barbarian: in the 80s and for the next ten years, Stallone and Schwarzenegger fought for the top spot. The hearts of their fans – as they discussed last year on Netflix.

And if this muscular and summit rival finally ended in reconciliation (and films like Expendables or Escape), it began at the Golden Globe ceremony in 1977, as it is said. Sylvester Stallone In an interview with Variety.

As he explained, at that time the first Rock was competing in many categories, but at first the film did not win anything, which seemed to make the rival very happy.

“When I lost for Best Actor, I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is a nightmare.’Stallone said, adding that Schwarzenegger looked at him and laughed.

“In the end, Rocky won the Best Picture award. I managed to grab a huge flower pot and threw it in his direction. There were lilies and tulips. I told myself the gauntlet was off. And this was the starting point of a 10-year struggle. We couldn’t wait to be in the same galaxy and today we realized that we are the same person.”

So it all started with a face of lilies and tulips, but since then Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger In the end it is one and therefore all is well.

To see the two stars in action again, the Expendables saga can be found on Disney+. On the other hand, it can be avoided on VOD.