You know, they've both just starred in their own TV series, which is the first for each. MARTÍNEZ: But Sly and Arnold are clearly the straws that stir this alpha male movie star cocktail.ĭE SEMLYEN: They're kind of the titans who are still yet to be surpassed in the genre, and they're still at it.

SYLVESTER STALLONE: (As John Rambo) They drew first blood, not me.ĪRNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: (As The Terminator) I'll be back.īRUCE WILLIS: (As John McClane) Welcome to the party, pal.

MARTÍNEZ: That's Nick de Semlyen, author of a new book called 'The Last Action Heroes.' In it, he focuses on eight action stars - Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan. And you have Chuck Norris recreating Vietnam but actually winning. And then these action stars arrive, and they were bringing something else to the table. NICK DE SEMLYEN: I think a lot of it was to do with the climate at the time, with America just had Vietnam, Watergate. There were big blockbusters that really leaned into a lot of things, including the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

In the 1980s, the action in action movies went to a whole 'nother level.

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