Sylvester Stallone was afraid that he would be “made into a goulash” in Budapest, even The Expendables was affected by filming in Hungary

Rocky and Rambo are just two iconic roles Sylvester Stallone from his illustrious career, the American superstar has been an unavoidable figure in Hollywood action films since the ’80s. In addition, Sly also likes sports dramas, in 1980 he shot the film Escape to Victory in Budapest, in which

He kicked the skin together with Pele

in the former Hungária körút MTK stadium.

According to the story of the film, the Nazis organized a match in Paris, which has very high stakes, so there should have been a really tense and frozen atmosphere in the auditorium, but this did not affect the extras one bit, who only cared that Stallone and Pele they can see it live.

The Brazilian legend took part as an expert on the set and taught Sly how to handle leather, as the actor was said to be quite clumsy. In addition, Pelé eventually got a role in the film, playing a Trinidadian soldier. In the sports drama anyway

Nándor Egervári and Zoltán Gera, actors, also appear.

One of the actor’s best-known films, Rocky, was shown in Hungary only 2 years after its American debut, so the memory of the sports drama was still alive in 1980 among the domestic audience, who – as Sly put it – when he left the stadium, were ready to that

they “attack” his car and “make a goulash” out of the actor.

This memory left such a deep impression on him that in 2010 The expandables in the film Buda and Pest gave a cover name to their heroes played by him and Jason Statham.

This scene can be seen in the video below.