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Sylvester Stallone, 77, reveals tearing pectoral muscle 'off the bone' during Rocky II training resulted in THIS 'key' change: 'I was not stopping the movie!'


As the Oscar nominee fights for rights to the franchise he helped create in 1976, Sylvester Stallone is recounting how an injury that almost ended his career ultimately changed the plot of Rocky II

The Academy Award nominee, 77, revealed that he tore his pectoral muscle 'off the bone' during a training accident before filming Rocky II, which influenced a key plot point in the 1979 sequel. Sylvester Stallone revealed that he tore his pectoral muscle 'off the bone' during a training accident before filming Rocky II, which influenced a key plot point in the 1979 sequel; seen left with Carl Weathers right In Rocky II, the titular Philadelphia boxer (Stallone) is at risk of losing his eyesight, so instead of fighting Apollo Creed ( Carl Weathers) with his usual Southpaw, he decides to use his right hand and protect his vulnerable eye.

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