Los Angeles, Filmmaker and actor Sylvester Stallone who first became synonymous with John Rambo, is contemplating an extraordinary return to the character, not by conventional means, but through the prism of artificial intelligence.
During a conversation on The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast, Stallone revealed a prequel concept that would chart Rambo at eighteen, navigating the turbulent streets of Saigon. Remarkably, Stallone proposed embodying this youthful iteration himself, employing advanced de-aging AI to seamlessly reconstruct his younger visage, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
“Everyone thought I was crazy,” Stallone said of the pitch. “AI is sophisticated enough to go through Saigon to see him at 18 years old and basically use the same image. So it isn’t as big a stretch.”
Despite Stallone’s enthusiasm, industry reports suggest that Noah Centineo will portray the character in the forthcoming prequel.
Reflecting on the challenges of stepping into a character that another actor has already defined, Stallone cited his own experience with the 2000 “Get Carter” remake.
“It’s very, very hard. He may do a stellar job, but you’re overcoming this because I went through it with Get Carter,” he added. “Everyone loves the original, and then you’re always fighting that prejudice.”
Of the potential for a Rambo prequel, Stallone told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 that he believed the movie was “getting close,” while offering a few ideas he had for the project.
“I think it’s going to happen,” he said. “I wanted to do it like a Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam, where you drop young Rambo in there and he’s this outgoing guy, football captain, and then you see why he becomes Rambo. But what they want to do is a modern-day story where I pass the torch. That’s getting close.”
Source: UNI News
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