Ivan Drago by Dolph Lundgren. One of the most famous Russian images taken by Hollywood. In popularity with him compared, except that Ivan Danko in the performance of Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's only if Arnie played ours at the zenith of glory, for Dolph it was the first major movie role.
Prior to that, he was shown in the cinema only once - in the role of the bodyguard of the KGB general in one of the endless James Bond films. But this was enough to “cure” cinema forever. In search of the role, Dolph sends his photos and videos to various casting agencies, including the one that at that moment was looking for an actor in the movie “Rocky 4 ″ for the role of the Russian super boxer
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In total, there were about five thousand candidates for this role. And Lundgren was not among the favorites. Not a Swedish Swedish athlete, besides not a boxer. And very tall, even too much. In general, Dolph refused.
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But it did not break the spirit of a novice actor. According to him, he met and talked with real Russian wrestlers and boxers and prepared much better screen tests - the portfolio is already in boxing form
In all, five thousand candidates were left behind. And Lundgren got the role of the Soviet boxer
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And then began the endless rehearsals and filming. Despite the fact that the repeated champion of Sweden in karate had spent far more than one fight in the ring, he noted that in the movies it is much more difficult to do. After all, then there was no computer graphics. It was necessary not to beat, but to imitate the real blows. But so that no one suspected a trick. Lundgren and Stallone trained twice a day for two months, bringing the “choreography” of the joint scenes to perfection.
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But during the shooting nevertheless an emergency took place - Stallone, in order to increase the realism of the final battle during the shooting of Russian scenes in Canada, persuaded Lundgren to really beat. And in the end, Sly missed a few real shots. That evening, Stallone was sent by plane from Canada to Santa Monica, where he was in intensive care for eight days. The fact is that Lundgren hit Stallone so hard in the chest that the chest reached the heart, which began to increase in size as a result of the blow, resulting in less blood and as a result less oxygen
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By the way, it seems that Ivan Drago will be back on the screens soon - in the creed's sequel
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