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10. Richard Gere's Greasy Chicken Was The Last Straw For Sly Stallone

When it comes to final straws, Sylvester Stallone apparently draws the line at mustard and chicken grease.

Back when Stallone was working on 1974's The Lords of Flatbush, the Rocky icon gave the film's producers an ultimatum that ultimately saw co-star Richard Gere fired.

Both early in their respective careers, Stallone and Gere "never hit it off", as Sly detailed to Ain't It Cool News once upon a time.

In that interview, the Italian Stallion detailed how his Lords of Flatbush castmate rubbed him the wrong way, "strutting" around in an oversized biker jacket as if he was "the baddest knight at the round table".

Fight scenes would become a little too physical between the two, and Stallone's breaking point came during a lunchbreak as the picture was shooting at Coney Island.

With Sly seeking some warmth in the back of a Toyota while eating a hotdog, a chicken-carrying Gere opted to join his co-star as they took a timeout.

As Stallone brilliantly explains it:

"I was eating a hotdog and he climbs in with a half a chicken covered in mustard with grease nearly dripping out of the aluminium wrapper. I said, 'That thing is going to drip all over the place.' He said, 'Don't worry about it.' I said, 'If it gets on my pants you're gonna know about it.' He proceeds to bite into the chicken and a small, greasy river of mustard lands on my thigh. I elbowed him in the side of the head and basically pushed him out of the car. The director had to make a choice: one of us had to go, one of us had to stay. Richard was given his walking papers and to this day seriously dislikes me."