{"id":351710,"date":"2025-11-04T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=400930"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:23:31","slug":"sylvester-stallone-has-a-decades-long-conflict-with-one-of-the-most-iconic-actors-in-film-history-due-to-this-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/sylvester-stallone-has-a-decades-long-conflict-with-one-of-the-most-iconic-actors-in-film-history-due-to-this-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester Stallone has a decades-long conflict with one of the most iconic actors in film history due to this movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The rivalry between great icons of action cinema like Sylvester Stallone and Richard Gere has been a topic of interest for decades.<strong> Although both actors competed for supremacy in the film industry during the 80s and 90s, their competition has been characterized by not being considered a personal enmity<\/strong>. However, the story between Stallone and Gere has unexpected nuances, marked by tense encounters that sometimes led to conflict situations.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A generational clash that changed Stallone&#8217;s career<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>It all started in 1974 during the production of D\u00edas felices (The Lords of Flatbush), where a series of confrontations on set resulted in the directors&#8217; decision to fire Gere. <strong>Stallone recalled in an interview that the atmosphere between them was complicated, describing an improvisation in which Gere, being very immersed in his character, grabbed him more intensely than he expected<\/strong>. This incident was not isolated and culminated in a scuffle during a lunch break, which led to Gere being replaced in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lords of Flatbush (1974) Trailer | Sylvester Stallone | Henry Winkler\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k5r_2kYJR3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Years later, the tension between them resurfaced at an Elton John party, where a fight almost broke out between the actors.<strong> Stallone, jealous of Gere&#8217;s closeness to Princess Diana, left the event upset<\/strong>. According to John&#8217;s revelations, the situation became so extreme that both actors were on the verge of throwing punches, marking a new chapter in their complicated relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Despite these tumultuous episodes, both actors have continued their successful careers and, interestingly, have never appeared together on the big screen. <strong>While Stallone has established himself as an icon of action cinema, Gere has found his place in acclaimed productions such as Days of Heaven (1978) and American Gigolo (1982)<\/strong>. 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Although both actors competed for supremacy in the film industry during the 80s and 90s, their competition has been characterized by not being considered a personal enmity. However, the history between Stallone and Gere has unexpected nuances, marked by tense encounters that sometimes led to conflict situations. A generational clash that changed Stallone&#8217;s career It all began in 1974 during the production of Happy Days (The Lords of Flatbush), where a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":351711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[17939,17940,17941,17942,16855,5249,17943],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-351710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-american-gigolo","tag-dias-del-cielo","tag-dias-felices","tag-princesa-diana","tag-richard-gere","tag-sylvester-stallone","tag-the-lords-of-flatbush","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351720,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351710\/revisions\/351720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351710"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=351710"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=351710"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=351710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}