Rambo Was Supposed to Be Stallone’s ‘Career Killer’
While Sylvester Stallone’s iconic role in “Rocky” is often considered his most significant performance and crowning achievement, a closer look at his career reveals otherwise. The 1982 film “First Blood,” the initial installment of the “Rambo” series, had a profound impact on his career and the action movie genre as a whole. This gritty portrayal of Rambo, with his signature mullet, significantly shaped Stallone’s trajectory and has been emulated in many of his subsequent blockbusters, both positively and negatively. Contrary to popular belief, it was Rambo, not Rocky Balboa, who became the defining role for Stallone as an actor and a pop culture icon. This leads us to wonder why he expressed a desire to have every copy of “First Blood” destroyed