We truly loathed each other – Sylvester Stallone says of his past conflict with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Even though the two Hollywood icons are now close friends and have even worked together on a few movies, like The Expendables and Escape Plan, Sylvester Stallone acknowledged that things weren’t always easy.

Having both invented related genres, the two were fierce competitors at the box office during the 1980s and 1990s.

Stallone spoke on The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday, November 12 and spoke about his previous disagreements with the Terminator actor.

“We couldn’t stand to be in the same galaxy together for a while. We truly, truly loathed each other,” the 76-year-old Rocky star revealed.

Then, Stallone related how Arnold Schwarzenegger had used him as bait to convince him to accept a part in a movie that Schwarzenegger was familiar with.

“He’s quite clever. He goes around town saying, ‘I can’t wait to do this film…’ I go to my agent, ‘Get that thing away from him. Get people options on me,’” Stallone remembered.

“I got it and I said, ‘What a piece of s*** this is.’ [Schwarzenegger] goes, ‘Ha ha ha!’” the Rambo actor added.

Stallone spoke on The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday, November 12 and spoke about his previous disagreements with the Terminator actor.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the 1992 film presently has a critics’ approval rating of 14%.

But Stallone was careful to note that Schwarzenegger has also played undesirable parts.

He notably mentioned the 1994 rom-com Junior starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which has a 39% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“At least I wasn’t pregnant in a film, Arnold. We’re even,” Stallone quipped.

Stallone presently plays the mafia leader Dwight Manfredi in the new Paramount+ series Tulsa King. After serving 25 years in jail, Manfredi’s master banishes him to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

New episodes of Tulsa King airs Sundays on Paramount+.