Sylvester Stallone has confirmed that he won’t be part of the Bollywood redo of his hit film Rambo.
Addressing Deadline through a representative, Stallone stated: ‘Any involvement in Tiger Shroff’s Rambo is not happening, under any circumstances. I wish them well on their own.’
The original movies featured the actor as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo yet the new film is being coordinated by Siddharth Anand and will star Tiger Shroff in the part of Rambo.
At the Cannes Film Festival this year, Shroff – who has featured in A Flying Jatt and other Hindi movies – demanded his form of the notable character won’t remove anything from Stallone’s adaptation.
The 27-year-old actor said: ‘They have made the character unique and so when I will portray Rambo, I don’t want to take anything away from that. But at the same time, I want to give my own take. I don’t want to mimic it.’
He also revealed that he would love to meet Stallone before filming begins – and that is scared of the ‘big shoes’ he will be filling.
‘The Rambo remake is one of my most exciting projects. I am very and excited. Scared because I have big shoes to fill and excited because it is something up my alley and I really want to go all out for the film. I am definitely planning to meet Stallone, that’s in the pipeline,’ he said