Richard Gere and Sylvester Stallone (almost) clashed! And paradoxically, it was on the set of a movie called… Hands in Pockets! Released in 1974, this little-known film is set in 1958 and tells the story of young teenagers from Brooklyn who form a gang and call themselves the “Lords of Flatbush”. their interests? Running girls, stealing cars and fighting. But when love knocks on their door, their lives change forever.
Richard Gere “Unruly”
Initially, one of the members of the gang, Chico, was played by a new actor Richard Gere. Gere comes off Broadway with just one TV movie, where he most recently played Danny Zuko in the movie. fat. Stallone, on the other hand, has several other screen appearances, and the role of Stanley in Pockets in Hands is his second “first role” after the confidential rebel, which would come out years later in a very deceptive way.
This is in 2006, in the columns of the site isn’t that cool (via SlashFilm), that Stallone returned to his and Gere’s rivalry on the set of this film:
“He was walking around in his big motorcycle jacket like he was the baddest knight at the round table. One day, during an improv, he grabbed my hand (we were pretending to be in a fight scene) and “I let go a little, told him to calm down, but he was completely in his role and it was impossible to argue “.
I threw it out of the car
Stallone “Hands in Pockets”
He continues and recounts another moment from the shoot: “We were rehearsing at Coney Island. It was a lunch break (…) and the only warm place was behind the Toyota. I was eating a hot dog and it came down with half a chicken covered in mustard and grease. It almost leaked out of the foil package, I said, ‘These things It’s leaking everywhere.” A slightly greasy river of chickpeas and mustard runs down my thigh and I run it past my elbow.
Angry with Gere’s behavior, Stallone asked the director to make a choice: “One of us has to go, the other has to stay. Richard was fired and I still hate him.”
Eventually, his character was taken over by Perry King and filming resumed. Richard Gere returned to the stage and made a new TV movie in 1975. After two films in small roles, Richard Brooks really gave her a chance and placed her at the head of Searching for Mr. Goodbar, which opened the door. Gateway to Hollywood for him.
An anecdote that kills
Stallone and Gere have one thing in common, despite their differences: they both appeared in the detective series Kojak when they were unknown, the first in 1975 in S03E02 and the second in 1976 in S04E01.
Source: Allocine
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