Arnold Schwarzenegger talked about his tense rivalry in the past with his colleague – action movie star Sylvester Stallone.

Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (76 years old) just attended the Graham Norton Show last weekend. The Terminator star admits he and Sylvester Stallone started out as “cinematic rivals” before they became “great friends”.

Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and Sylvester Stallone

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“We are competitors in the profession and take the competition to the extreme. Everyone wants to have the best body in the movie…”, said Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Then, when we both invested in Planet Hollywood, we started flying around the world together to promote and gradually became great friends,” he added.

Both movie superstars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been famous and wealthy in Hollywood since the 1970s, when Schwarzenegger exploded in 1970 with the movie Hercules in New York and Stallone had great success with the award-winning film Rocky . Oscars in 1976.

In addition to their partnership with Planet Hollywood, the pair of action heroes also co-starred in  Escape Plan (2013) and The Expendables series .

Sylvester Stallone (left) and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie The Expendables 3

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Regarding personal life, Arnold Schwarzenegger completed the divorce proceedings with his wife in December 2021, 10 years after announcing their separation. In 2022, Jennifer Flavin, Sylvester Stallone’s wife, filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage.

This year, both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone appeared in two Netflix documentaries, Arnold released in June and Sly released in November.