Richard Gere Banned Sylvester Stallone From His Films: Their Feud Ended in Blows
American movie veterans, Sylvester Stallone and Richard Gere are two of the most popular actors over the last few decades.
Both actors once had the chance to work together in the 1974 film The Lords of Flatbush, but it didn’t work out between them.
In an interview granted in the past, Stallone revealed why he was frustrated by Gere’s behaviour during filming.
“Yeah, the original part of Chico, which was played by Perry King, was originally supposed to be played by Richard Gere, but we never hit it off,” Stallone said in an interview.
“He would strut around in his oversized motorcycle jacket like he was the baddest knight at the round table. One day, during an improv, he grabbed me (we were simulating a fight scene) and got a little carried away.
“I told him in a gentle fashion to lighten up, but he was completely in character and impossible to deal with.”
Meanwhile, Gere never made it to end of the filming, as Perry King took over the role Chico because of tension between the former and Stallone, who also recalled the incident that put an end to their relationship.
“Then we were rehearsing at Coney Island and it was lunchtime, so we decided to take a break, and the only place that was warm was in the backseat of a Toyota,” Stallone added.
“I was eating a hotdog and he climbs in with a half a chicken covered in mustard with grease nearly dripping out of the aluminium wrapper.
“I said, ‘That thing is going to drip all over the place.’ He said, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ I said, ‘If it gets on my pants you’re gonna know about it.’
“He proceeds to bite into the chicken and a small, greasy river of mustard lands on my thigh. I elbowed him in the side of the head and basically pushed him out of the car. The director had to make a choice: One of us had to go, one of us had to stay.
“Richard was given his walking papers and to this day seriously dislikes me.”
