Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Harrowing \u201cRocky IV\u201d Injury<\/p>\n
During the filming of \u201cRocky IV,\u201d Sylvester Stallone endured brutal blows from Dolph Lundgren, leading to hospitalization. In a documentary on Stallone\u2019s YouTube channel, he recalls Lundgren \u201cpulverizing\u201d him. Initially painless, he later felt chest discomfort, likening it to a car crash. With his blood pressure hitting 260, Stallone ended up in the ICU at St. John\u2019s Hospital in Santa Monica for four days. Despite sharing the ICU with nuns, he returned to finish the film, chest hit included.<\/p>\n
The \u201cRocky\u201d Legacy Continues<\/p>\n
\u201cRocky IV\u201d continues the \u201cRocky\u201d saga, starring Stallone as the tenacious Rocky Balboa, already a world boxing champion. After Drago (Lundgren) kills his friend Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), Rocky journeys to the Soviet Union for a showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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