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Sylvester Stallone Was Fired From $712 Million Movie After His Never-ending Demands Drove Production Crazy

Following the success of Beverly Hills Cop as a franchise, it’s hard to imagine anyone in the role of Alex Foley other than Eddie Murphy. But it seems that the comedian wasn’t the first choice for the role, as one of the biggest stars at the time, Sylvester Stallone was originally involved with the project.
However considering that not only Stallone was a great actor, but he was also an accomplished writer at the time, who earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original screenplay for Rocky. But it appears that the studios and Stallone didn’t see eye to eye regarding the tone of Beverly Hills Cop, and it eventually led to Stallone’s exit.

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Sylvester Stallone wanted Beverly Hills Cop to be more violent
Following Sylvester Stallone’s success in the 80s through classics involving Rocky and First Blood, the actor was a hot commodity in the industry. Considering his success, Paramount studios wanted Stallone to star in one of their classics at the time. And even before Eddie Murphy was in the picture, Stallone’s manager Ron Meyer received the offer for Stallone to star as Alex Foley in 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop.
Although the Rocky actor initially agreed to the project, the actor wasn’t too keen on the comedy aspect of the movie and wanted to change the script and made it more action-oriented. He said,
“Ron told me, ‘Don’t change it,’ but I took the script and rewrote it as a kind of compromise, where the guy was action-oriented but he also had a wry sense of humor.”

But the studios weren’t relished by the changes that were implemented by Stallone and just before the movie went on to production, his contract was terminated and Eddie Murphy was hired instead.
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Sylvester Stallone’s failed script for Beverly Hills Cop resulted in the creation of Cobra 
Despite being sidelined from the franchise, which went on to garner a whopping $712 million throughout its three movies, the Rocky actor doesn’t seem to regret this decision to change the script. Following his exit from Beverly Hills Cop, the actor went on to take his script for the movie and added a few elements of Paula Gosling’s novel Fair Game, and went on to craft the screenplay for 1986’s Cobra.

Although the movie wasn’t beloved among critics, the action-oriented movie did go on to become a decent success for the studios, as it went on to garner around $160 million at the global box office.
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Sylvester Stallone in Cobra (1986)Sylvester Stallone in Cobra (1986)
It isn’t the only time when Stallone left a project due to creative differences, as recently the Rambo actor also decided to leave the Rocky franchise, following his distaste for Creed 3’s direction.

Beverly Hills Cop is available to stream at Paramount Plus.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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