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Sylvester Stallone nearly died from 'Rocky IV' fight scene: 'I was going to be talking to angels' - pennlive.com
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Sylvester Stallone was offered $265k NOT to be in Rocky but scored KO hit that spawned Creed films and made him $400m
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Sylvester Stallone wanted to make sure the boxing scenes looked real in Rocky IV, so he instructed Dolph Lundgren to actually hit him. A punch to the chest left Stallone in intensive
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