Dolph Lundgren felt guilty for sending Sylvester…
Dolph Lundgren is trying back at one of the most well-known behind-the-scenes moments from “Rocky IV.”
He just lately confessed he still feels guilty for breaking Sylvester Stallone’s ribs during their legendary struggle scene.
The motion star was candid when requested during an look on “FOX & Friends” if he felt accountable for the accident, which occurred during one of the movie’s most brutal sequences.
“I didn’t know it happened, we were both getting hit in that fight,” Lundgren said. “We shot for two weeks in Vancouver, and I got back to LA … the producer called and said, ‘Hey, Dolph, you got two weeks off.’ I said, ‘That’s great, what’s going on?’ ‘Sly’s in the hospital.’ I found out that way.”
Lundgren, who performed the Russian powerhouse Ivan Drago, admitted the news took him by shock.
“I did feel a little guilty, you know, he hit me too. He was the boss, I did what he told me, which was good. Go really hard with the body, you know those Russian uppercuts. I don’t know if it was my body or exhaustion or my punches, I don’t know, but he did get hurt. I’m sorry about that,” he said.
Sylvester Stallone punches Dolph Lundgren during a scene from “Rocky IV.” Getty Images
Dolph Lundgren attends the forty third Torino Film Festival in Italy on Nov. 22, 2025. Davide Di Lalla/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
Before stepping into the position of Ivan Drago, Lundgren was following a very different path — one rooted in teachers and engineering.
He was a Fulbright Scholar finding out at MIT.
But his path to stardom took a flip when he crossed paths with some of New York’s greatest names.
Lundgren explained how his profession began with a likelihood encounter that led him to Hollywood.
“I was in New York, and I went out with this singer. I ended up going to [Studio] 54, meeting Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson and a few other people. I did some modeling, and then somebody said, ‘You should try acting,’ because I was a karate champion in Europe,” Lundgren continued to share on “FOX & Friends.”
Lundgren just lately confessed he still feels guilty for breaking Stallone’s ribs during their legendary struggle scene. Amazon MGM Studios
Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren during the world premiere of “Rocky Balboa” in Hollywood, California. WireImage for MGM
The Swedish-born actor landed his first big position in “Rocky IV” and rapidly cemented his place in the action-movie pantheon.
“And one film I went up for was a boxing movie, it turned out to be ‘Rocky IV.’ I moved to Hollywood, I met Sly, and got that part and the rest was history. It’s been like 95 films since, it has been a great ride.”
Despite a profession that spans almost 100 movies, Lundgren told “FOX & Friends” his favourite position to date was revisiting Ivan Drago in “Creed II.”
The movie allowed him to explore a new facet of his character in a father-son dynamic with Viktor Drago.
“I like ‘Creed II’ actually,” Lundgren said. “I got a chance to play that character again — an older version, kind of a father-son relationship. I like that one.”
From screen fights to spirits, Lundgren just lately launched his model, Hard Cut Vodka.
The actor-turned-entrepreneur said he was impressed to create his own vodka after years of dissatisfaction with what was on the market.
“Five years back, I couldn’t find a vodka I liked, so my wife said, ‘You should make your own — you’re a chemical engineer. You’ve played a Russian a few times, you’re from Sweden.’ I started that journey, and now here we are,” he explained.
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