Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone Admit Past Rivalry, Credit Planet Hollywood Investment for Current Friendship

Schwarzenegger and Stallone's decades-long feud marked by jabs in press and movie competition, mended by business partnership in Planet Hollywood venture; now inseparable pals, they credit past rivalry for pushing their acting careers to greater heights.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, renowned for their fierce rivalry during their prime as action movie stars, have admitted that their competition was extreme and often 'out of control', with attempts to best each other in terms of physicality, on-screen kills, and firearm size.
Schwarzenegger and Stallone initially clashed at the 1977 Golden Globes, which sparked a series of public disputes and intensified their competition in their film roles.
Schwarzenegger discloses their rivalry shifted into friendship in the late 1990s when both invested in the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain and traveled together for its promotions.
Since mending their relationship, the action stars have collaborated on several films, including 'Escape Plan' and the 'Expendables' franchise, and are described as being 'inseparable' today.
Both Schwarzenegger and Stallone acknowledge that their past rivalry pushed each other to achieve more in their respective careers, and Stallone, in particular, has conceded that Schwarzenegger was a 'superior' action hero.