You just don’t turn it off! Sylvester Stallone is retiring Rambo

It’s official. John Rambo has hung up his bandolier. Sylvester Stallone has admitted that he’s now a bit too old to revive his muscle-bound, post-traumatic stress disorder-riddled Vietnam veteran from the ‘Rambo’ movie series. Speaking to Variety, the 69-year-old action legend said: “The heart’s willing, but the body says, ‘Stay home!’ It’s like fighters that go back for one last round and get clobbered. Leave it to someone else.”

There’s nothing left. When they asked me to do another 'Rambo’, I said, ‘If I can’t do better than I did last time, and I can’t, then why’?

Sylvester Stallone

He added that he is happy with where he left the series, with the staggeringly violent 'Rambo’ from 2008. The series started way back in 1982 with 'First Blood’, which was a hit, hauling in over $125 million, over $300 million today (about £205 million). The sequel, 'Rambo: First Blood Part II’, released in 1985, did even better, making $660 million (£450 million). Sly added that he’s also not involved in the planned ‘Rambo’ TV series, currently being developed by Fox, and which will centre on Rambo’s son.

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