‘What am I fighting? Arthritis?’: Man of many franchises Sylvester Stallone ready to let go of the icon that wasn’t ripped from his hands

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Throughout his lengthy, illustrious, hugely successful, and occasionally Academy Award-nominated career, the action icon has played Rocky Balboa eight times, and has legacy sequels to both Cliffhanger and Demolition Man in the works.

That’s a substantial amount of franchise fare, but when asked at the Rambo again, Sly wasn’t exactly one for entertaining the idea.

“Rambo, I could leave him. He’s done pretty much, even though they want to do another one, but what am I fighting? Arthritis?”

Then again, Stallone has been he wasn’t best pleased with the saga being carried on without his involvement after Amazon and MGM opted to hand the keys to the kingdom over to onscreen protege Michael B. Jordan.