- Editorial:
- PENGUIN
- Año de edición:
- 2023
- ISBN:
- 978-0-593-23880-6
- Páginas:
- 352
THE LAST ACTION HEROES
THE TRIUMPHS, FLOPS, AND FEUDS OF HOLLYWOOD'S KINGS OF CARNAGE
NICK DE SEMLYEN
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The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and 90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator, and more.
This book takes you so close to the action that you can smell the sweat, cigar smoke, and bad cologne that brought these movies to life.Paul Scheer
The Last Action Heroes opens in May 1990 in Cannes, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone waltzing together, cheered on by a crowd of famous faces. After years of bitter combatStallone once threw a bowl of flowers at Schwarzeneggers head, and the body count in Schwarzeneggers Commando was increased so the film would have a bigger dick than Rambothe worlds biggest action stars have at last made peace.
In this wildly entertaining account of the golden age of the action movie, Nick de Semlyen charts Stallone and Schwarzeneggers carnage-packed journey from enmity to friendship against the backdrop of Reagans America and the Cold War. He also reveals fascinating untold stories of the colorful characters who ascended in their wake: high-kickers Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan, glowering tough guys Dolph Lundgren and Steven Seagal, and quipping troublemakers Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Willis. But as time rolled on, the era of the invincible action hero who used muscle, martial arts, or the perfect weapon to save the day began to fade. When Jurassic Park trounced Schwarzeneggers Last Action Hero in 1993, the glory days of these macho menand the vision of masculinity they celebratedwere officially over.
Drawing on candid interviews with the action stars themselves, plus their collaborators, friends, and foes, The Last Action Heroes is a no-holds-barred account of a period in Hollywood history when there were no limits to the heights of fame these men achieved, or to the mayhem they wrought, on-screen and off.
