The inclusion of action icon Sylvester Stallone in
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has been the subject of a lot of speculation in recent months, with the actor's role in the film being shrouded in secrecy. While his role in the film has recently been confirmed (don't worry, we won't spoil it here), Stallone was tight-lipped about it during a press conference for the film last week. However, the actor did elaborate on what attracted him to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the first place.
"It was interesting because I love [Marvel] films, but I haven’t ventured into the genre, so it was quite an experience. When I walked on the set, [I saw] robots and things, a woman who was seven feet tall, and everything else. I thought, ‘This is great. This is a great vacation. It’s better than being up a tree in Burma,’ you know what I mean?”
Stallone continued on to say that the "mythology" of superheroes is what he found fascinating, particularly when it comes to filmgoers and how they've embraced the genre.
“Early on in my career I became fascinated with mythology. Joseph Campbell’s 'Hero with a Thousand Faces,' and so on and so forth. When I started doing Rambo, [I came to understand] there’s an evolution that takes place. Every generation has to find itself, define its own heroes, define its own mythology. And [the MCU] is this generation’s – and maybe even the next generation’s – mythology. And when Kevin [Feige] invited me on board I said, ‘This is interesting because I haven’t gone here. I’m kind of Earth-bound. I’m terrestrial. This is something that takes place in a whole other sphere where James and the Marvel people have created their own world, their own reality. So I said, ‘Yeah, let me visit. Let me drop in here and see what’s up, where the future is going.’ And it was great. It got me out of the house [away] from my three daughters. And that’s why I gave them my salary back.”
If you want to know who Stallone is playing in the film, be sure to check out our story
here, or you can remain patient until
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 releases on
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