Arnold Schwarzenegger recently recalled how he tricked Sylvester Stallone into starring in the 1991 film stop!Otherwise my mother will shoot Movie.

Appearing in the latest episode of the show TMZis special Arnold and Cunningthis Terminator The star revealed that he asked his agent to lie to Sly’s agent about his desire to star in the then-“fantastic” buddy-cop action comedy movie.

“So, my agent [told Sly’s agent]”Arnold was talking to Roger Spottiswoode. He really liked it. I think we’ll take on the project.”

Arnold noted, “Of course, Sly’s agent knew he was competing with me – he couldn’t let that happen. So he immediately called the studio and said, ‘Listen, you’ve got to give this to Sly! Don’t. Give it to Arnold, give it to Sly.”

The film crew said, “Okay.” Sly got it, and then he got the movie, so of course I was in absolute heaven because I felt like the only way I could catch him was if he fell. “

this Rambo The star chimed in: “Can you say a little more Machiavelli?”

To which Arnold responded: “I said, ‘We have to fail him.’”

“Unbelievable!” added Sylvester.

For those unfamiliar, Sly won a Razzie Award for Worst Actor for his role as Sergeant Joseph Andrew Bomowski in the film. stop!Otherwise my mother will shoot Movie.

Interestingly, Sylvester and Arnold invested in the restaurant chain Planet Hollywood and eventually became “good friends.”

Outside of business, the two action stars have collaborated on four films, including the Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), escape plan (2013) and this The Expendables 3 (2014).

at the same time, Arnold and Cunning: Rivals, friends, idols It will air on Fox on April 23 and on Hulu the following day.