That Time Arnold Schwarzenegger Tricked Sly Stallone Into Starring In A Really Shitty Movie

The stories so far this morning have been pretty heavy, so here's a bit of levity. During a Q&A at Beyondfest, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed how he tricked Sylvester Stallone into starring in Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot at the height of their feud in the 90s. Here's what he had to say, as reprinted by Page Six:

"I’m so glad we straightened out our mess because it wasn’t pretty. We were attacking each other in the press relentlessly...I read the script [for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]. It was so bad. You know, I’ve also done some movies that went right in the toilet, right? That were bad. But this was really bad.

So I went in – this was during our war – I said to myself, I’m going to leak out that I have tremendous interest. I know the way it works in Hollywood. I would then ask for a lot of money. So then they’d say, ‘Let’s go give it to Sly. Maybe we can get him for cheaper.’ So they told Sly, ‘Schwarzenegger’s interested. Here’s the press clippings. He’s talked about that. If you want to grab that one away from him, that is available.’ And he went for it! He totally went for it. A week later, I heard about it, ‘Sly is signing now to do this movie.’ And I said, [pumps fist] ‘Yes!'”