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Sylvester Stallone has confessed to feeling “nervous” about sharing the screen with Samuel L. Jackson in Tulsa King.

The 79-year-old actor, who portrays Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi in the drama collection, admitted to some jitters upon studying that the Hollywood heavyweight, aged 76, had joined the forged.

He said, “When I heard that was gonna occur, I went, ‘Oh, this is gonna be a fist struggle. This is gonna be a battle.’

“Like two boxers in a ring, and who is gonna throw the first punch? So you are getting nervous because you are dealing with severe competitors.”

In Tulsa King, Jackson plays the role of assassin Russell Lee Washington Jr. , who is sent to take out Manfredi.

However, once the pair started filming together, Stallone found that working with the Pulp Fiction star was a breeze, reports the Mirror US.

Speaking to People, the Rocky legend said, “Once he walks in, he goes, ‘Hey, dude brother,’ and I went, ‘Oh, right here it goes.’

“But now we’re good. Now we’re flowing. We could do a show called Tulsa King and Buddy. We just worked that well together.”

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While Tulsa King is the first time Stallone and Jackson have shared the screen, the Rambo star revealed that they have been neighbors for many years.

He added, “We lived about a hundred yards away from each other for almost 30 years. Yet we didn’t – you know, we’re always working. So we never really saw each other, except at Planet Hollywood-type things or openings.”

Reflecting on their divergent profession trajectories, Stallone famous that he and his fellow performer had reached a comparable crossroads.

He elaborated, “I guess he got to the point that I did that he’s done pretty much everything. But at this age in life, you want to be a little bit more grounded, steady, have your own show so you develop this thing, really flesh it out instead of working someplace for 10 days or a gig here and there.”

Stallone also admitted to being stunned by the trajectory his profession had adopted – one that noticed him create iconic characters and win Academy Awards.

He confessed, “That journey – I wish I had been more aware. But you’re just trying to survive.

“You’re not even conscious of the chaos around it, because I said, ‘I’ve acquired to do this.’ I told myself, ‘You’re most likely not going to make it, but I do not need you to have any rattling regrets. You have to go 100 per cent, not 99.'”

This comes as Stallone expressed his pleasure after relocating from California to Florida. “I like it,” he exclaimed.

“First of all, the air always appears to be clean. We’re very, very close to the water and that makes my spouse extremely pleased. It makes me pleased, and it is just one thing about it. It’s just so lush.”

The actor, who studied drama at the University of Miami, stated that the environment aligns with his lifestyle.

“I went to school there for a couple of years. So, I’m not a stranger to the atmosphere, but it matches my character a lot better,” he shared.

The decision was showcased on Season 2 of his reality show The Family Stallone, where he and spouse Jennifer Flavin informed their daughters about departing Los Angeles.

“After long, exhausting consideration, your mom and I’ve determined, time to transfer on and depart the state of California completely, and we’re going to go to Florida,” Stallone announced on this system.

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis reacted to the announcement on X, posting, “Welcome to the Free State of Florida! In addition to respecting and defending your God-given, constitutional proper to be free, you may also buy toothpaste without having an armed guard in CVS unlock it for you.”

Stallone became part of an expanding roster of famous figures who have abandoned California in latest years, pointing to worries about residing bills.