Ryan Gosling as Rambo? Sylvester Stallone Recasts His Most Iconic Roles
With Creed in theaters on Wednesday, Sylvester Stallone passes the Rocky movies torch to 28-year-old Michael B. Jordan. While Stallone reprises his role as the never-say-die champ Rocky Balboa, he takes a supporting role as trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson (Jordon), the ambitious son of his late friend and rival Apollo Creed.
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That got us thinking about other young performers who might be eligible to take over the 69-year-old actor’s most iconic roles. Yahoo Movies recently asked Sly about it, and you can see his creative casting choices in the video above. Up first: John Rambo, Stallone’s troubled Vietnam vet and Special Forces killing machine from the Rambo series. Stallone was quick with his answer: Ryan Gosling. “Kind of an odd choice, right?” he says.
From there, Stallone offered up Jake Gyllenhaal to take on the role of his gritty supercop from 1986′s Cobra. Why? Because, “you need a real mental case” for that movie. “He’s got a dark side, he can go there.”
Watch above to hear Stallone’s picks for Demolition Man (1993), Cliffhanger (1993), and Over the Top (1987).
