Sylvester Stallone squashes rumours of a feud with Robert De Niro, who he starred with in Cop Land and Grudge Match.
Sylvester Stallone has taken to Instagram to set the file straight on a supposed feud with Robert De Niro. To make a protracted story quick, it by no means occurred, with Stallone cautioning followers that you may’t imagine every thing you learn.
“I just got back from the set of Tulsa King and just want to address something that I think is kind of an absurd rumor about myself and Robert De Niro never wanting to work with each other again,” Stallone mentioned. “And having all types of offended feedback about our stance on life and our philosophies, no matter. We’ve by no means had this dialogue, in all probability by no means will, and I simply wish to say you possibly can’t imagine every thing you learn.“
The hearsay of a feud between the 2 actors originated earlier this yr from a “parody” web site which ran the headline, “Sylvester Stallone Declines To Work With Robert De Niro on a $1 Billion Project, ‘He’s A Woke Creep.’” Radio present host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones additionally shared the headline on X/Twitter, the place it shortly unfold.
Stallone and De Niro beforehand labored collectively on Cop Land, James Mangold’s extremely underrated crime thriller, which additionally starred Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick, and extra. In addition they appeared in Grudge Match, a sports activities comedy about growing older boxers stepping again into the ring one final time.
Within the Instagram video, Stallone additionally talked about that he’s within the remaining weeks of manufacturing on the second season of Tulsa King in about two weeks. The Taylor Sheridan-created sequence follows Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), a Mafia capo who’s launched from jail and brings to arrange a legal group in Tulsa, Oklahoma, whereas attempting to repair his relationship along with his estranged daughter. The second season synopsis reads: “With looming threats from the Kansas City mob and a very powerful local businessman, Dwight struggles to keep his family and crew safe while keeping track of all his affairs. Plus, he still has unfinished business back in New York.” The second season will debut on Paramount+ on September fifteenth.
