Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger | 38

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the '80s, Stallone and Schwarzenegger duked it out for the title of action king with a mix of box office showdowns, role-snatching escapades, and epic shade-throwing contests. Their rivalry was more than just muscle-flexing; it was a chess game in which Arnold once duped Stallone into starring in a film flop. After years of psychological warfare, how did these two go from fierce rivals to the ultimate action hero bros?

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to dis and tell early and ad-free right now.
0:05.4	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:09.0	This episode contains some sexual content in adult language.
0:19.3	Okay, Sidney, who is a celebrity, if you have one, that you feel competitive with?
0:26.0	Like, maybe they're a little similar to you, similar vibe, you feel the same niche?
0:30.6	Someone that you want to sabotage, perhaps?
0:33.2	Oh, I'd never sabotage him.
0:35.4	Martin Short.
0:39.4	Of course.
0:41.4	I picture both of you going out for all of the same roles.
0:45.3	Only murders in the building?
0:47.1	Originally, Steve Martin and Sydney.
0:49.8	My dream.
0:53.4	Well, yeah, I mean, obviously this is a very Hollywood thing, a very Hollywood problem,
0:59.1	where there can only be one person in any given niche, and it has historically led to some
1:05.4	pretty crazy behavior. And we'll talk about one such instance of that in today's episode.
1:12.1	Okay, imagine it's 1988.
1:14.7	You're at a nightclub enjoying yourself.
1:18.0	Someone next to you is aptly railing cocaine.
1:22.1	Yeah, sounds like today.
1:25.1	Suddenly there's a bit of a hubbub near the door,
1:28.6	and everybody is super excited
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