In the early 80s, Stallone had already made a name in Hollywood, Oero in 1981, he accepted a somewhat peculiar project that is not proud at all.
Remind Sylvester Stallone is to talk about an impressive physique, multiple fights and iconic phrases that are recorded in your heart forever. Since he got into the ring in the franchise of Rockyand wielded the machete in Rambothe actor became a symbol of the eighties action cinema. It doesn’t matter if there are more fans in the Balboa team or in the guerrilla, the truth is that there is something in which no one could disagree and Sylvester is a legend.
But not everything has been glory, and like any actor with a long career, Stallone has also had an or another stumble. Although one might think that he regrets some failed sequel or the strange projects he took at the beginning of his career, The reality is that there is a particular tape that he himself has described as one of the lowest moments of his career. The funny thing is that in that movie he shared a screen no less than with Pelé and the great Michael Caine.
In the early 80s, Stallone had already made a name in Hollywood, Oero in 1981, he accepted a somewhat peculiar project that is not proud at all. The movie was called Victory escapeand although it sounds like an interesting mixture of sport, history and drama, Stallone does not remember her with love. In fact, the actor has referred to this moment as one of the most unfortunate decisions taken by cinema.
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The film is located in 1943, during World War II, with a group of prisoners of the Gensorff Concentration Field that play football. To the commander of the countryside, Karl von Steiner, witness of the matches and former player, it occurs to organize a confrontation between the German national team and a combined allied prisoners.
Men reject the offer for considering it typical of an act of propaganda of the Nazi regime, until they understand that the meeting offers them the possibility of implementing a escape plan. The game will be played in Paris and the allies will have the support of the French resistance. The prison team is trained by the captain, John Colby, a former West Ham player. But when the game is celebrated, the group of prisoners have the opportunity to escape during the break.
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Beyond that the story is somewhat searched, one of the biggest problems for Stallone was that he simply did not get along with football. To start, playing a goalkeeper was not what he had in mind when he accepted the role. Stallone trained hard to try to play a dignified role, but ended up frustrated, with a broken finger and calling this episode “one of the worst moments” of his life.
