In a number of recent interview appearances, action star Sylvester Stallone says that although he and Arnold Schwarzenegger are now good friends, for most of the '80s and '90s they "disliked each other immensely." Stallone has been making the rounds to promote Tulsa King, the actor's first major leading role in a television series.

Speaking with Forbes, Stallone said, "This may sound a little vain, but I think we were pioneering a kind of genre at that time and it hasn't been seen since really. So the competition, because it’s his nature, he is very competitive and so am I… and I just thought it actually helped, but off-screen we were still competitive and that was not a healthy thing at all." Stallone adds that they've "become really good friends" since.

In a recent episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, Stallone said (via Insider), "We couldn't stand to be in the same galaxy together for a while. We truly, truly loathed each other."