35 Things You Might Not Have Known About The Action Star #8 - Sylvester Stallone

1.  He was expelled from 14 schools as a kid.
2. This was because of violent behaviour
3. And also anti-social behavior.
4. He doesn't like his first name.
5. That's why he calls himself "Sly".
6. His classmates voted him "most likely to end up in the electric chair".
7. He is the only actor to have 5 box office records in five decades(1970s-2020s)
8. His mother is a fan of Jackie Chan.
9. Him and Jackie Chan are friends.
10. In fact, they co-starred against eachother and Whoopie Goldberg in "Burn Hollywood Burn"
11.  All his children's names begin with the letter "S": Sage, Sargeoh, Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet.
12. He was payed 60,000 for Cop Land, but he only did so he could star in a serious role.
13. He oil paints in his spare time.
14. Da Vinci is his hero.
15. He broke up with his girlfriend over a FedEx letter in 1994.
16. They reconciled in 1995.
17. They got married in 1997.
18. He is a fan and friend of Elton John.
19. He refused 4 million dollars to do a commercial because he had to cut his hair.
20. Even after being offered another million he would NOT do the commercial.
21. He is one of George Bush's favourite actors.
22. He is Empire's #92nd best actor of October 1997.
23. His first job was as a lion cage cleaner.
24. He worked on the script of Beverly Hills Cop
25. During the filming of Victory (1981), Stallone broke a finger trying to save a penalty kick from Pelé.
26. He turned down the role of two Bruce Willis roles.
27. One of them was as John McClane for Die Hard.
28. The other was for Pulp Fiction.
29. He called for America to ban guns after his friend died.
30. Unironically he uses many guns in his movies.
31. He is the all time Razzie movie award champion.
32.  Since his evolution to fame and fortune, he stopped going to church.
33. But in 2006, he came back to the Catholic church when he started filming "Rocky Balboa".
34. Sylvester sued his former business manager, Kenneth Starr, for giving him bad business advice.
35. He has been a lifelong repbulican.